Ms Gbaye reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to promoting safe building practices.
He urged Lagos residents, developers and financial institutions to embrace the reforms.
The APC chieftain noted that such disregard for laws and regulations had contributed to infrastructural decay, insecurity, and disorder in society.
“We are past the warning stage. We’ll seal and demolish any non-compliant structure. My officers are ready,” he said.
A statement by Mukaila Sanusi, the ministry’s spokesman, said the commissioner sympathised with those affected by the collapse.
Mr Oki said the developers did not have building plan approvals and did not have layout approvals.
He explained that the state government had issued several notices of demolition to the illegal occupants of the area for over five years.
He said that the incident occurred at about 11:30 a.m.
On Sunday, traders in the market alleged that the Lagos government did not give any prior notice before commencing the demolition.
According to him, government was taking proactive step and will demolish about 17 of the buildings which were not part of the 349 widely publicised for demolition.
