Ogun State Government has sealed up five commercial buildings, including two multi-building industrial facilities, a warehouse complex, and a filling station along Mowe, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, as well as a commercial building in Itoko, Abeokuta, the State capital for allegedly failing to obtain planning permits or building authorisations from its recognized agency
The Acting General Manager, Ogun State Building Production Management Authority, OGBPMA, Engr. Olakunle Olaniran who supervised the inspection exercise, however strongly warned Companies to desist from denying government officials and regulatory agencies, access to their facilities as this amounted to disrespecting the laws of the State.
Olaniran who was addressing newsmen after government officials were violently manhandled in an attempt to deny them entry into a company facility during a monitoring and enforcement exercise along Mowe axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Olaniran, who noted that every company domiciled in Ogun State was under the jurisdiction of established regulatory agencies, stated that "when companies lock out government officials from performing their statutory duties of inspecting and monitoring their facilities, they might as well be saying they are above the law, and this will not be tolerated in Ogun State’’.
The Acting General Manager emphasized that the regulatory roles of the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development and its agencies were to ensure the development of a safe and functional environment for the citizenry in line with international best practices
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