Lagos enforces approval for solar panels in state housing estates

The Lagos State Ministry of Housing has reiterated that residents of government-owned lodging estates indispensable get support earlier installing star panels oregon carrying retired immoderate outer changes to their buildings.

The directive was restated by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Abdulhafis Toriola, pursuing a caller societal media ailment by a nonmigratory who questioned the request for support during a regular inspection astatine the Lagos State Millennium Housing Estate, Ibeshe.

Toriola said the request applies to each allottees and forms portion of the conditions stated successful the Letter of Allocation and the Allottees Guide issued astatine the constituent of purchase.

“An allottee indispensable get support from the Ministry for immoderate intended alteration to the level allocated and the building, and this includes installation of star panels,” Toriola stated.

He explained that the regularisation is aimed astatine protecting shared components wrong the estates, including rooftops, walls and h2o systems, portion besides reducing the hazard of occurrence incidents associated with poorly installed star systems.

According to him, the ministry introduced stricter guidelines aft noticing that star sheet installations were opening to make much challenges than benefits wrong immoderate estates.

“In caller times, the ministry had to i...