Lagos shuts 827 construction sites to curb building collapse

The Lagos State Government has unopen down 827 operation sites crossed the authorities wrong the past twelvemonth arsenic portion of ongoing efforts to curb gathering collapses and enforce compliance with operation and information regulations.

The authorities said the enforcement run is aimed astatine addressing the recurring occupation of structural failures, peculiarly successful informal communities and unapproved developments wherever immoderate developers often bypass established information and prime assurance procedures.

The General Manager of the Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory, LSMTL, Engr. Olayinka Abdul, disclosed this on Monday while speaking astatine the 2026 Ministerial Press Briefing held astatine the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre successful Alausa, Ikeja.

Abdul explained that the bureau has adopted a much proactive and technology-driven attack to prime control, moving beyond accepted investigating methods to place and code infractions earlier they pb to gathering failures.

According to her, the laboratory issued 3,181 regulatory notices to developers and spot owners during the play nether review, portion enforcement teams conducted 822 compliance inspections crossed operation sites successful the state.

She revealed that 439 sites were sealed for failing to comply with regulatory directives, w...