Lagos Building Collapse: We Only Approved 4 Floors – LASG

Lagos Building Collapse: We Only Approved 4 Floors – LASG

George Okojie

— Mar 11, 2016 12:34 pm |

The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it only approved the construction of four floors in the ill-fated  five-storey building that collapsed in Lekki area of the state killing 34 people.

The state’s commissioner for home affairs, Alhaji Abdullateef Abdulhakeem made the disclosure when he received the leadership of the Nasrul-Lahi-L-Fatih Society, NASFAT, in his office.

He pointed out that the state government approved four floors for the developer, Lekki Worldwide Estate Ltd in the development of the Lekki Garden Construction.

He lamented that the developer decided to add a fifth floor, which led to the collapse.

According to him, the developers of the building had ‘criminal minds by adding another floor in the quest for materialism and flagrantly flouted the town planning laws of Lagos State.’

He charged religious leaders in the state to preach against materialism from the pulpit and also disregard the lust for material things, adding that religious leaders must stop receiving money from people in order to tell them the truth.

He said that as change agents, religious leaders should enlighten the society, especially their members to do what is right as they would prefer to listen to them than the government.
Earlier, the chief missioner, NASFAT, Alhaji Abdullahi Akinbode appealed to the state government for financial support for its programmes.