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Nigeria Records 61 Building Collapse Incidents In 2022

Nigeria Records 61 Building Collapse Incidents In 2022

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.

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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.

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