Towards preventing building collapse and achieving a more sustainable aesthetic environment to engender wealth creation for the citizens, the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development has reiterated commitment to upholding the competence of professionals in the built industry by interfacing with stakeholders in Ogun State.
Commissioner in the Ministry, TPL Olatunji Odunlami, stated this while playing host to a delegation of Ogun State Chapter of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), comprising Ogun State Technical Committee and the Engineering Regulation Monitoring (ERM) Committee, in his office in Abeokuta.
TPL Odunlami noted that the erstwhile Ogun State Urban and Regional Planning Board was unbundled into three specialist policy implementation agencies to drive efficiency, emphasising that statutory oversight of the activities of all professionals involved in actual building design, construction and management are domiciled in the Ogun State Building Production Management Authority (OGBPMA).
“All we are doing is to ensure that buildings and other structures in Ogun State are better-built, more resilient, fit for purpose and that buildings do not collapse. It is common to hear people say that buildings do not collapse on paper, but when a design is faulty, especially its structural details, the building starts collapsing right from the paper on which it is designed, which is why collaboration between OGBPMA and the stakeholders under its auspices, is critical to the translation of planning designs into reality,” he stated.
Speaking earlier, the Chairman of Ogun State Technical Committee of COREN, Engr. Mutiu Odesanya, noted that the ERM Committee was inaugurated by Governor Dapo Abiodun in December 2022, with a government representative as a member, to monitor their activities, calling for support from the Ministry in tackling the issue of quackery.
“Any engineering personnel not registered with COREN and not up to date with their yearly practicing license, is a quack and cannot legally practice in Nigeria", he said.
In a similar vein, TPL Odunlami has tasked the regulatory bodies in the built industry to cooperate with the Ministry in sanitising the industry rather than competing among themselves.
The Commissioner stated this while playing host to the Registrar of the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON), emphasising the need for regular interactions with members towards developing long-lasting frameworks for engagement, in line with the Ogun State Urban and Regional Planning and Development (OGURPD) Law 2022.
In his remarks, the Registrar of CORBON, Bldr. Adetunji Adeniran, called on the Ministry to ensure that building production, health and safety documents remain active as on-site requirement at construction sites, urging the Ministry to include the Project Quality Management Plan (PQMP) among documents required to grant planning permit and building authorisation.
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