Lagos Orders Demolition Of Satellite Town Shopping Complex Over Safety Concerns

The Lagos State Government has ordered the demolition of the Article Shopping Complex in Satellite Town after building-control officials raised safety concerns about the structure.

The Lagos State Building Control Agency also gave owners of distressed buildings in Agric and Coker markets in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area 14 days to conduct structural integrity tests and submit the results.

The directive followed an enforcement exercise carried out on Thursday at the Article Shopping Complex in Oriade Local Council Development Area and at the Odun-Ade axis markets.

Kolawole Williams, LASBCA’s Director of Quality Control and Post-Construction in the Badagry Division, said occupants of the shopping complex would be evacuated before demolition begins.

He said the complex had earlier been marked for demolition and is close to the three-storey building that collapsed last week, killing nine people.

Officials said inspections showed that about 90 per cent of the buildings assessed across the affected markets had varying degrees of structural distress, while some occupied blocks had already suffered partial structural failure.

Sources: Daily Post, Premium Times