The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Rotimi Ogunleye, has revealed that the state government is working on a new template for building filling stations, which will soon be released to the public, The Punch reports.

The state government had last year placed an embargo on the approval and construction of filling stations in all parts of the state till further notice. The immediate past Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Wasiu Anifowose, had disclosed that the government had decided not to grant construction permits for filling stations pending the inventory of existing ones.

Ogunleye, at a stakeholders’ interactive session in Amuwo Odofin and Oriade, explained that the government placed an embargo on building approvals for filling stations to prevent fire disasters. According to him, the increasing rate at which filling stations are springing up in the state has become dangerous.

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