Gov Sanwo-Olu Signs Bill Regulating Real Estate Transactions In Lagos

Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed a bill regulating real estate transactions in Lagos state.

The governor signed the bill at the Executive Chamber at the Lagos House in the Ikeja area on Monday.

Present at the signing were the Commissioner for Housing, Moruf Akinderu-Fatai; the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo; the governor’s Special Adviser on Housing, Toke Awoyinka-Benson; amongst others.

Sanwo-Olu said the law to regulate the real estate transactions in Lagos State will help to protect the citizens; the unsuspecting Lagosians who fall prey to many real estate professionals, adding that the law will also help players in the real estate sector to know what is expected of them and for government to be able to track who is doing what in the sector.

“It is really around ease of doing business and ensuring that we can continue to attract private sector investments into the real estate space. We believe this law will be the very first in the country that has taken a deep dive into what is happening in that space and it further strengthens our intervention in housing through the Ministry of Housing,” Sanwo-Olu said.

The governor also signed two other bills into law to provide for the registration of Cooperative Societies in Lagos State; and law to regulate ownership, licensing and sale of pets and to prohibit and restrict people from having in custody dangerous animals in public places.