The spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), south west zone; Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye has confirmed to Channels Television that about 36 deficient buildings have been reported to the agency to be existing in Lagos State.
Mr Farinloye made this known in an interview with ChannelsTV, where he stated that the deluge of reports were made after Lagos residents complained about the lack of a phone number to lodge complains about deficient buildings which are under the threat of collapsing.
The rescue official claimed that in just about two hours of releasing an official number, 36 distress calls came in and people gave the precise location and addresses of such buildings in the nation’s commercial capital city.
Lagos has recorded growing number of building collapse in recent months with a number of deaths.
Mr Farinloye further advised residents in other areas to report buildings they suspect to be under threat as he added that officials of NEMA and Lagos Building Inspection office have been deployed to ascertain the level of risk of the reported buildings.
