The Lagos state government has expressed discontentment to lack of patronage of property owners in the state in applying for Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) on their property, saying obtaining C of O is a good way to secure their property.
This was stated by the special adviser to the state governor on Enterprise Geographic Information System e-GIS and regional planning, Olajide Babatunde, at a press briefing held at Alausa to mark the second year of the second term of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
He stated that in the last six years, only 246 C of O’s had been applied for, while there were 649 applications for regularisation of C of O’s.
He added that in the last six years, 4,690 surveys were applied for, saying that if people knew the importance of getting C of O, they will show more interest in getting it.
He added that getting the certificate is a better way to secure their property.
Speaking on the activities of an agency under his ministry, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), he noted that 8,663 building owners/ developers were detected of infractions in their property in the last one year.
He added that 2,232 stage inspection was carried out by the agency on buildings under construction for compliance and conformity checks by the inspectorate and quality control department of the agency, while 215 certificate of completion and fitness for habitation were issued to building owners/developers after stage by stage inspections, processed by LASBCA through its Building Certification Department (BCD).
Babatunde also added that 159 buildings were identified with verified building insurance policy by the agency insurance department.