Lagos state Governor-elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has explained why the Lagos island area of the state is experiencing the issues of building collapse in recent times.
According to him, the incessant building collapse can be attributed to advance in years the affected building was constructed.
The Governor-elect who described the incident as unfortunate noted that Lagos island is a part of the old colony of Lagos saying it’s not unexpected to see houses that are over a century old. “Building collapse is an unfortunate thing, extremely very unfortunate. You know Lagos it’s a part of the old colony of Lagos, so it’s not unexpected to see houses that are over a century old and in those numbers, we need to be sincere to ourselves and we need to be real. “We know that with a mega city of our status, it comes with a lot of challenges but we are lucky that we have been part of it before now and we are excited that the solutions we are bringing up – that we’ve identified on the campaign trail will very quickly, be able to bring about positive development that will improve the quality of lives and ease all of the challenges that we currently have in Lagos." Sanwo-Olu, who spoke with journalists at the State House, Abuja, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, said Lagos state needs regeneration to address the incessant cases of building collapse. “When you want to take people’s properties and you want to regenerate, they must first see a sincerity of purpose – what are the additional plans that you have for them? Before you could regenerate, there must be a stop gap – in the next two to three years what are the plans you have for them? And you need to do what we call proper enumeration.
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