Government's proactive step to stem the tide of building collapses and the rresultant losses is ok no doubt but requiring the owners of demolished building to foot the cost of demolition to me is a subtle way to takeover people's lands. Because if these owners could afford it, am sure they would rather fix their structures than see them pulled down. I am not unmindful of the dearth of a maintenance culture in us but this is goin to make a number of people lose their lands to the state.
