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Lagos demolishes illegal nine-storey building in Lekki
Stories by Kingsley
Adegboye
THE Lagos State
Building Control
Agency LASBCA, weekend
demolished a ninestorey
building at Osapa
London in Lekki area of
Lagos for allegedly
contravening building
plan regulations.
The General Manager
of the Agency, Mr.
Olalekan Shodehinde,
said the demolition was
also because the
building had no certified
plan approval.
Shodehinde said the
building was detected in
2017, following which an
investigation was launched,
stressing that the
building had nine floors,
while the master plan of
Osapa, the area it was
situated, only allows for
a maximum of four
floors.
According to Shodehinde,
the structural
stability of the soil could
not carry such a highrise
structure, adding
that the state
government had given
approval or order for the
building to be pulled
down.
He noted that the
exercise was being
carried out to curb the
incidents of incessant
building collapse in the
state, pointing out that
the state government
would not fold its arms
The nine-storey building demolished by LASBCA at the weekend for not having approval
We Strive to Support Affordable Housing-Royal Ceramics boss
THE General Manager of West Af
rican Ceramics Ltd, foremost manufacturer
of the ROYAL brand of tiles,
grouts and tile adhesives, Mr. Bhaskar
Rao, has stated that the idea behind
opening of ultra modern showrooms
across the country known as Royal Exclusive
Showroom stocked with the company’s
range of products is basically to
support affordable housing in Nigeria.
Rao disclosed this at the inauguration
of two additional ultra modern exclusive
tile showrooms to the network of
Royal Exclusive Showrooms in Aba and
PortHarCourt recently.
The launch of the showrooms in Port
Harcourt and Aba marks respectively
the 10th and the 11th showrooms in a
roll since the company rolled out the
Royal Exclusive Showroom initiative, a
strategic manufacturer-dealer partnership
framework that has seen the setting
up of several showrooms in major
commercial cities across the country
which includes Kano, Nassarawa, Jos,
Osogbo, Enugu, Lagos, Abuja and
most recently Port Harcourt and Aba.
According to the General Manager,
in Port Harcourt, the company partnered
with Marchambers Int’l Co. Ltd.,
a major building material dealership
located along the stretch of East-West
Road in Rumuigbo while S. Nnadi
Commercial Ent. Nig. Ltd., courted with
the company to set up the showroom
along Faulks Road in Aba, Abia state.
He revealed that the partnership
which aims to support government’s efforts
in reviving the manufacturing sector
and encourage patronage of locally
produced goods, would afford builders,
project owners and other professional
stakeholders in the housing sector the
opportunity to reduce risk, lower the
and allow loss of lives
and destruction of
property.
Shodehinde who said
several notices had been
served on the owner of
the structure, but
allegedly failed to
comply with the order,
said “Though, the
building does not have
approval plan, what we
are talking about goes
beyond approval plan,
because if the developer
applied for approval of
nine floors in the area, it
would not have been
granted.
“When LABSCA
discovered the building
in 2017, a Stop Order
Notice was served. In
October of the same
year, when it was at its
fifth floors, the agency
cost of projects and enjoy a one-stop
shop experience of tile applications
through the showrooms which also
serve as experience centres beyond sales
outlets.
“The Royal Exclusive Showroom initiative
is a response to support government’s
efforts in resuscitating local production
through effective distribution
network to ensure that products are
available at the right time, right place,
and at the right price.
“It also ensures the delivery of the
products in a way that encourages the
consumer to cultivate and sustain the
‘Buy Nigeria’ behaviour because they
do not just buy the products but the collective
experiences of product quality,
affordability, reliability, product knowledge
and application as well as unmatched
customer services, and all the
functional attributes of the product”, the
GM said.
It also ensures the
delivery of the products
in a way that encourages
the consumer
Speaking further, Rao said that the
mega showrooms are designed to enlighten
customers about the applications
of various designs and types of tiles in
a building project and to create an unprecedented
shopping experience for
customers as obtainable overseas.
He added that the showroom is an initiative
to strengthen dealer relations and
channel management in a way that consumers
would experience tile shopping
sealed it. After a few
months, the agency
visited the site to
observe that the
building had been
constructed up to the
ninth floor.
“Again, a 14 day
ultimatum notice was
served to the
developers to remove
the structure at their
own cost, which they
failed to comply with.
Once an illegal
building has been
demolished by the
government, the
owner would be
given 90 days to pay
the demolition cost,
failure to do so means
the government
would confiscate the
landed property”,
LASBCA GM stated.
different from the norm but obtainable in developed
societies.
Corroborating Rao’s position, the CEO of
Marchambers Int’l Co. Ltd., Mr. Ohazulumeh
Chamberlain posited that the key focus of the
current administration which is to grow the
real sector and revive the community of local
manufacturers can only be achieved when
dealers in the value chain support this drive
by pushing locally produced goods and services
especially when the quality surpasses
imported products.
“The 17 million housing deficit however unverified,
holds water and requires the collaborative
efforts of all stakeholders in the industry
to make affordable housing available
and cost effective. Partnering with Royal, a
household name with a formidable mark of
quality which surpasses many imported products
and brands is a step towards the support
of affordable housing provision.
“With Royal, we have tiles and accessories
designed and manufactured for the needs of
affordable housing. This partnership is well
thought out and indeed would position us to
fill the gap that maybe created by the forex
situation deterring importation of several
goods and expected rising demand for local
building materials particularly in tiles and sanitary
wares categories.” Chamberlain said.
In the same vein, CEO of S. Nnadi Commercial
Ent. Nig. Ltd., Prince Sunny Nnadi
urged the public to support the ‘Buy Nigeria’
campaign. He called on architects, builders,
estate developers, project owners and everyone
to visit the Royal Exclusive Showroom to
experience the various tile applications. He
said that the showroom is equipped with application
set up such as bathroom set up, living
room set up; kitchen set up and office space
set up and a trained customer relationship
Manager armed with vast knowledge on tiles
to educate and incisively advise customers on
types of tiles and designs suitable for applications
in their building projects.
Estate
surveyor and
valuer launches
book
COME this Sunday,
August 19, 2018,
the book “40 YEARS OF
HOUSING DISCOURSE”
will be launched at the Island
Club, Onikan, Lagos.
The book is a compilation
of some articles of Asiwaju
Kola Akomolede, a renowned
estate surveyor
and valuer, which have
been published by different
National Newspapers
over the past forty years.
The covers all subjects relating
to land and housing
and other ancillary subjects
like land policy, Land use
Decree, Land Use Charge,
Rent Control Laws, Property
Taxes, How to Sell or
buy Properties, How to
avoid Fire in Houses, How
to avoid being duped by
Quack Estate Agents,
Property Management and
Why we lack Maintenance
Culture.
It also covers other subjects
like Housing Finance,
Low Income Housing,
Housing investment
abroad and at home,
Shares versus Property Investment/Treasury
Bills,
Origin of BQ, Meaning of
Storey House, Building
Materials among many
others.
According to a statement
by the organisers, the
chairman of the occasion is
the former Minister of
Health and chairman of
Juli Pharmacy, Prince Julius
Adelusi-Adeluyi while
the former Governor of
Ogun state, a veteran journalist
and former CEO of
Daily Times, Aremo Olusegun
Osoba (who wrote the
forward of the book) will be
the Special Guest of Honour.
Mr. Segun
Oloketuyi, Managing Director
of Wema Bank Plc.
will be the Chief launcher
with Mr. John Momoh,
chairman of Channels Television,
as the Book presenter.
The review of the book
will be done by a veteran
journalist and a Cofounder
of the Tell magazine,
author of several
books and currently a columnist
in The Guardian,
Mr. Dare Babarinsa.
There will be a panel of
discussants that comprises
Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, and
a human rights lawyer,
Mr. Rowland Abonta, National
President of the Nigerian
Institution of Estate
Surveyors & Valuers and
Mrs. Adesuwa Onyenokwe,
Publisher & Editor in
Chief of TW magazine and
presenter of Seriously
Speaking, a TV show.