90% of buildings in Edo without plan – Obasaki

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has disclosed that 90% of buildings in the state are without development plan.

He stated this when he received executive members of the  Edo State chapter of Nigeria Institute of Building (NIOB), on a courtesy visit to his office.

Represented by his Chief of Staff, Osaigbovo Iyoha, he decried the rot in the sector, assuring that the government would continue to strengthen laws to ensure sanity in the built space.

“Obtaining building plan is one aspects people take for granted when erecting their structures. The association has a lot to do in the building eco-system, as about 75 per cent of structures are not built by professionals. The decay in the system creates loopholes leading to building collapses across the country.

“The failure in the system starts from town planning as town planning seems to have been neglected. This is affecting the built industry in the state. Today, visit a development area, you will discover that not up to 10 per cent have a building plan. The Edo State government is working on correcting this abnormality and will want you to partner with it to achieve this move.”

“We have strengthened our Physical Planning, Urban and Regional Development Ministry to help check the abnormality, and ensure that sanity returns to the system by putting back all the standards required to avert building collapse.”

Earlier, the Chairman of NIOB, Edo State chapter, Ononfa Sunday,  commended the governor for reforms in the sector and assured of their support in sanitising the sector.