The General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, Arc Gbolahan Oki, reiterated this at a multi-agency enforcement and removal exercise, carried out to remove extensions and attachments affixed to shops and plazas within the Lagos Island Central Business, CBD, at the weekend.
Oki explained that the exercise also aimed at ultimately bringing about safety and orderliness to markets and streets in the area. Oki cited cases of fire outbreaks in Mandilas Building and Dosumu Market where first responders like the state fire and rescue services could not easily access the burning buildings due to blockage of the roads and streets by traders with their extensions and attachments erected onto the roads.
According to him, “Lagos State Government will no longer tolerate the level of lawlessness going on in commercial areas, especially Lagos Island where every available space is being converted to shops with attachments extending onto the roads and streets.”