Tag Archives: LASG

The Lagos State Government has sealed off 10 different buildings in Ogudu GRA for violating the state’s physical planning laws. Whilst leading a team of government officials for the special enforcement operation, the Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako, said owners of the property involved had chosen to remain obstinate in their wrong ways ...

As part of the on-going efforts to control physical development and promote a sustainable living environment, the Lagos State Government (LASG), on Thursday, sealed 19 additional buildings in the highbrow Banana Island, Ikoyi. The sealed buildings violated the physical planning laws of the state in terms of structure and locations, and also failed to obtain the required building permit. The ...

In response to the partial collapse of a 3-storey building at Alagomegi-Yaba on Monday, the Lagos State Government (LASG) has ordered owners of buildings in the state to immediately carry out structural stability tests on their properties. This is expedient, given the onset of the rainy seasons, and the presence of statistics to show that many buildings collapse during the ...

LAGOS – To maintain an effective transportation system across the Lagos Metropolis, the Lagos State government has announced the temporary closure of Creek Road, from Mr. Biggs to Warehouse Road junction, in Apapa from Friday, May 8, 2020, to Friday, May 15, 2020, for the resumption of the on-going construction by HITECH. A statement issued at the weekend by the state ...

The Lagos State Government has urged residents to test materials before embarking on any construction work to reduce the spate of building collapse in the state. A statement on Wednesday said the acting General Manager of the Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory, Olalekan Ajani, spoke during a meeting with officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency. Ajani, according to ...

The Lagos State Government on Sunday, cautioned operators of event centres, property owners, religious centres and other places of attraction to desist from compounding traffic gridlock on roads around their locations. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, in a statement, read the riot act to owners of event centres and places of attraction to desist from activities that could ...

LASG – Mr. Tunji Bello, the Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, said this on Thursday, during a Stakeholders’ Forum on Construction, Demolition and Disaster Waste (CDDW) Management in Lagos State. The forum, organised by the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), has the theme: ”Creating Value Through Responsible Management of Construction and Demolition Waste in Lagos State.”  Represented ...

The Lagos State Government has said the Ilubirin Foreshore Housing Project on the Lagos Island that seemed abandoned by the immediate past administration and revived by current administration will be fully delivered in 2020. The State Government in collaboration with the developer of the project, First Investment Development Company (FIDC), has expressed commitment that points to the completion and delivery of ...

The Lagos State Government has declared zero tolerance for illegal  structures without building permit in the state. The Chairman, House Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development, Nureni Akinsanya, on Thursday said the state planned to sanitise the building construction industry and would no longer tolerate illegal structures. Akinsanya, who made this known at a stakeholders’ workshop on ‘Physical Planning ...

Lagos State Government, on Wednesday, launched a Real Estate Transaction portal to curb fraudulent practices in the real estate business. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu unveiled the portal at a stakeholders’ meeting held at Eko Hotel & Suites in Victoria Island. The portal, the Governor said, will secure investments in property market by checkmating unscrupulous dealings in transactional process. It will also ...