Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Abiodun Olumide, has said less than 25 per cent of the buildings in the state were approved.
Olumide disclosed this on Wednesday during a press briefing to announce the state physical planning summit slated for October 15 to 16, 2024.
According to him, the state government is bothered about the number of approved buildings and plans to use the summit to interact with critical stakeholders to solve all the bottlenecks and physical planning issues in the state.
He promised that the summit though the first would be every two years with submissions in each of the conferences examined if it has been implemented in the next edition.
“We are not just looking at it as one of the regulars but a summit to map out our goals and benchmark the outcome for the next edition,” Olumide said.
He maintained that for any resident to do any physical development on their landed property, such a person needs a physical planning permit
“We have a lot to do to increase the percentage of approved buildings in Lagos State because every physical infrastructure must have approval.”
He added that it was important that residents get approval for their buildings.
The commissioner said buildings constructed without approval would not be compensated if there were demolitions.
