Lagos govt gives building owners deadline to register elevators or face decommissioning

The Lagos State Government has directed each gathering owners, developers, and installation managers crossed the authorities to registry and certify each elevator successful their premises, informing that nonaccomplishment to comply could pb to contiguous decommissioning.

The informing was issued connected Friday by Lanre Mojola, Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Safety Commission, who stated that enforcement enactment against uncertified elevators volition commence aft March 31, 2026.

Mojola explained that the directive is portion of ongoing efforts to forestall avoidable accidents, peculiarly arsenic Lagos experiences a surge successful high-rise construction.

“Elevators and different vertical proscription systems are captious to modern municipality infrastructure and indispensable beryllium decently registered, maintained, and regularly inspected to safeguard the public,” helium sa...