The Lagos State Government, through the state Building Control Agency, LASBCA, on Monday, embarked on the removal of the carcass of the partially collapsed building at No 19, Herbert Macaulay Street, Ebute Metta.
This happened just as it removed three severely distressed buildings as well as marked several others for demolition in furtherance of the state government zero tolerance to incidences of building collapse in the state. The General Manager of the agency, Arc. Gbolahan Oki, in his reaction to the ongoing demolition of structures across the state, said that removal of all distressed buildings in the state became necessary to prevent building collapse and its attendant loss of lives and properties.