According to Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG) report, about 61 buildings collapsed across Nigeria in 2022.
Lagos State is topping the report with a record of 20 incidents, out of which most were structural failures, representing 48.7 % of the entire cases in 2022, according to the BCPG report.
It is a recorded fact that in the 48 years between October 1974 to November 2022, Nigeria has recorded a total of 541 incidents of building collapse.
Lagos State is at the top of the table with 322 incidents in 48 years, closely followed by Anambra with 20 incidents; Oyo – with 19; Abuja with -18; Kano-17; Ogun -12; Delta with -12; Ondo with -11; Abia -11; Rivers -10; Enugu -9; Kwara -7; Imo -7; Plateau -7; Kaduna -6; Edo -6; Osun -6; Ebonyi -5; Jigawa -5; Cross River -4; Benue -3; Adamawa -3; Niger -3; Ekiti -2; Akwa-Ibom -2; Kogi -2; Nasarawa -2; Zamfara -1; Kebbi -1; Sokoto -1; Bauchi -1; Katsina -1; Borno -1; Taraba -1; Yobe -1; Bayelsa -1 and Gombe -1.
In addition to the worrying figures, the National Bureau of Statistics data revealed that about 71.4% of households in Nigeria do not have a certificate of occupancy, while 13.2 % do not have a title deed, and only 8.1 % of households have certificates. Another alarming aspect of the data is that 33.9 %of households have ownership certificates in Lagos state.
