Fears as experts urge govt to seize collapsed Synagogue property

Scene of the collapsed Synagogue building

Built environment experts have urged the Lagos State Government to confiscate the site of the collapsed six-storey building belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations
The incident, as of Tuesday, had claimed 60 lives, while no fewer than 130 people were said to have been rescued.
A former Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Bolaji Abosede, said the government should check its record to see the approval granted the church. He added that if Synagogue was found to have erected any structure without approval, there should be no double standards in the application of the law.

Ebola: Fashola’s men storm T.B Joshua’s Synagogue…Warn church against harbouring victims

Joshua

Officials of Lagos State Government and some federal delegates on Sunday paid a visit to the General Overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua.

The visit, SHOWBIZPLUSng learnt was aimed at sensitising the church and its membership on the menace of the deadly Ebola virus.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who led the delegation, said it was also to make sure that no victim of the virus came into the church from any of the affected countries.