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Lagos Commissioner for Physical Planning, Urban Development resigns
The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako, has resigned.
His resignation comes barely 24 hours after a seven-storey building caved in, killing at least five persons with fears that more bodies will be recovered from the site.
This was confirmed in a statement on Monday by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso.
It is however not clear if the commissioner tendered his resignation immediately after the collapse happened.
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But the Information Commissioner said Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, accepted Salako’s resignation.
Omotoso explained that the governor’s acceptance of Dr Salako’s resignation is a prelude to the restructuring of the ministry and its agencies.
“The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has accepted the resignation of the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako,” the statement read.
According to the statement, Sanwo-Olu also thanked the commissioner for “his services to the State and wishes him success in his future endeavours.”
