53 SENTENCED TO JAIL BY THE LAGOS STATE GOVT. FOR BREACHING BUILDING REGULATIONS
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The Lagos State Special Offences Court at Gbolade, Oshodi, has sentenced 53 persons who flaunted the building regulations in the state.
The offenders were sentenced after the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) indicted them for breaching the provisions of the Lagos State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law 2010.
LASBCA’s general manager, Lekan Shodeinde said, the agency has given out 83 orders against the offenders of the law in diverse areas of the state.“The court had duly convicted 53 while others are still pending in court,” he said in a statement on Monday in Lagos.
Mr Shodeinde said the offenders were being prosecuted for different contraventions and other related offences as stipulated in the building law.
He said that their offences included erection of structure without a planning permit contrary to Section 27 (1) of the Law and punishable under Section 75 (1) of the same law.
Other offences include breaking of government seals or removal of any mark placed on a contravening structure by or with order of the agency, punishable under Section 75 (2) of the Law.
He said that failure to insure a building as required by the law for which the offenders were prosecuted was contrary to Section 75 (3) of the Law.
The general manager said that the prosecuted lawbreakers had been sentenced accordingly with an option of fine at the pleasure of the court.
He said that they were also extremely fine for the unruly defaulters for breaking of government seal.
He further said that LASBCA had been working within the territory of the law with the monitoring team for a better and well planned city.
Mr Shodeinde said they also worked with developers and builders to certify compliance with the approval granted and also monitored the safety of the structure being developed.
“We are more concerned about the safety of the people making sure that where they abode is safe and secured,” he said.
He reaffirmed government’s zero tolerance for building collapse in the state and the need to build right.
Mr Shodeinde appealed to all Lagos residents to obtain their building plan permit before the construction of any structure and comply with state laws regarding the approval given.
He advised building owners to grab the opportunity to regularise and perfect their building documentations to avoid any humiliation from Law Enforcement officers.
He said that government officials of the newly transformed LASBCA intended at working together with the people “for their own safety and for a safer and well-planned smart-city”.
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