Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday, approved the immediate dismissal of the General Manager of the Lagos Building Control Agency (LASBCA) Engr. Adeigbe Olushola, over the collapse of five-storey building under construction at Ikate Elegushi in the Lekki area of Lagos last week, where 35 people died and 13 were rescued.
Dismissed alongside the General Manager were the LASBCA’s Head of Inspection and Quality Control, Adeoye Thomas Adeyemi and the Zonal District Officer in the Agency, Dosunmu Gbadebo, while the Zonal Head of Eti-Osa West of the Agency, Mrs. Akinde Adenike Sherifat was compulsorily retired from the Civil Service.
Governor Ambode, in a statement signed by the State Head of Service (HOS), Mrs. Olabowale Ademola, said the affected officers were sanctioned having been indicted of negligence, which according to him, was an act of misconduct under the Public Service Rule 040401.
The HOS said the disciplinary measure was the outcome of the recommendations of the Personnel Management Board to Governor Ambode, who was personally grieved by the high number of fatalities that occurred as a result of the building collapse.
She also warned public officials, private building owners or contractors who violate or subvert building regulations that it would no longer be business as usual, saying that the dismissal of the officers would serve as a wake-up call to public servants.
