The Human and Environmental Development Agenda has expressed concerns regarding the reinstatement of personnel from the Lagos State Building Control Agency who had been terminated earlier in connection with the collapse of a six-story building within Lekki Gardens Estate at Ikate Elegushi, Lekki in March 2016.
The accountability group called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to conduct a swift investigation into the reinstatement and take appropriate action.
In a letter penned by HEDA’s Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, and addressed to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, with the subject line “Unjustified Reinstatement of Dismissed LASBCA Staff Over Building Collapse: Immediate Reevaluation Required,” the human rights organisation expressed its surprise regarding the reinstatement of the dismissed LASBCA officials.
They emphasised that this reinstatement occurred through a judicial process that they consider inconclusive.
It partly read, “The collapse of a 6-story building within Lekki Gardens Estate at Ikate Elegushi, Lekki, Lagos on March 8, 2016, causing the death of 35 persons and injury to 16 persons earned the concerned government officials severe punishment. In this case, the Lagos State Government rightly sacked the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Collapse Agency, Adeigbe Olushola, the Head of Inspection and Quality Control in the agency, Adeoye Thomas Adeyemi, the Zonal District Officer in the agency, Dosunmu Gbadebo, while the Zonal Head of Eti-Osa West of the agency, Akinde Adenike Sherifat, was retired mandatorily from the Civil Service.
“Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, in a statement signed by the State Head of Service, Olabowale Ademola, pointed out that the affected officials were dismissed, having been indicted of negligence, which according to Ambode, was an act of misconduct under the Public Service Rule 040401.
“The disciplinary action of the Lagos State Government was hailed by the public. Lives of innocent building occupants could not be terminated prematurely without repercussions, as the action taken by the Lagos State Government would serve as a deterrent to corrupt, negligent LASBCA officials.
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda has expressed concerns regarding the reinstatement of personnel from the Lagos State Building Control Agency who had been terminated earlier in connection with the collapse of a six-story building within Lekki Gardens Estate at Ikate Elegushi, Lekki in March 2016.
The accountability group called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to conduct a swift investigation into the reinstatement and take appropriate action.
In a letter penned by HEDA’s Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, and addressed to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, with the subject line “Unjustified Reinstatement of Dismissed LASBCA Staff Over Building Collapse: Immediate Reevaluation Required,” the human rights organisation expressed its surprise regarding the reinstatement of the dismissed LASBCA officials.
They emphasised that this reinstatement occurred through a judicial process that they consider inconclusive.
It partly read, “The collapse of a 6-story building within Lekki Gardens Estate at Ikate Elegushi, Lekki, Lagos on March 8, 2016, causing the death of 35 persons and injury to 16 persons earned the concerned government officials severe punishment. In this case, the Lagos State Government rightly sacked the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Collapse Agency, Adeigbe Olushola, the Head of Inspection and Quality Control in the agency, Adeoye Thomas Adeyemi, the Zonal District Officer in the agency, Dosunmu Gbadebo, while the Zonal Head of Eti-Osa West of the agency, Akinde Adenike Sherifat, was retired mandatorily from the Civil Service.
“Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, in a statement signed by the State Head of Service, Olabowale Ademola, pointed out that the affected officials were dismissed, having been indicted of negligence, which according to Ambode, was an act of misconduct under the Public Service Rule 040401.
“The disciplinary action of the Lagos State Government was hailed by the public. Lives of innocent building occupants could not be terminated prematurely without repercussions, as the action taken by the Lagos State Government would serve as a deterrent to corrupt, negligent LASBCA officials.”
