Lagos Governor-elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his Deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, were some of the dignitaries that visited the site of the Lagos building collapse at the Ita haji area of Lagos Island on Thursday. Sanwo-olu sympathized with relatives who lost loved ones in the incident as he commended emergency and rescue workers.
He decried the loss of lives which he said could have been prevented if the owner of the collapsed building had not flouted the state’s building codes.
“I am personally terrified that we lost lives in this incident, because it is something that shouldn’t happen. I urge all government agencies that are involved in ensuring standards on buildings to speed up their tasks to prevent a repeat of this tragic incident.
“These agencies should go out and check if there are still buildings across Lagos that have compromised. This is the rightful thing to do now. We should not wait till we see fatalities, such as we witnessed in this incident. Sanctity of building approvals is important and critical to ensuring we prevent this kind of event in the future,” Sanwo-Olu said.
He also visited some of the victims at the hospital.
