The All Progressives Congress,
APC, National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says the children who died in
Wednesday’s building collapse in Lagos Island did not deserve to die the way
they did, describing the incident as tragic and carelessness on the part of
those who are supposed to do the right thing.
Tinubu, in a condolence message
made available by his Media Adviser, Mr Tunde Rahman, on Thursday in Lagos,
commiserated with the families of the victims, praying that God would comfort
them and grant repose of the souls of the young ones.
Some school pupils were among
those that lost their lives after a three-storey building located on Massey
Street, in Ita-Faji, Lagos Island, collapsed on Wednesday.
The school of the pupils was
located on one of the floors of the building.
Aside the dead, many other
persons injured were rescued from the rubble and taken to different hospitals
for treatment.
Tinubu said: “The building
collapse in Ita-Faji, Lagos Island on Wednesday is a tragic occurrence. I
commiserate with the families of those children who lost their precious lives.
“They do not deserve to die the
way they did. May God comfort their families and grant repose of the souls of
those young ones.
“If after the collapsed building
had been found to be weak and marked for demolition and everybody had done what
was required of them, perhaps this terrible incident would have been averted.
“On its part, the government must
fast-track demolition arrangements once a building is discovered to be weak and
deserving of being pulled down to save lives,” he said.
Tinubu also said that the Lagos
State Material Testing Laboratory for buildings should be strengthened and the
officers should carry out their work appropriately.
According to him, government’s
laid down regulations on building construction and maintenance must be
faithfully respected and enforced.
“To mobilise support for these
regulations, community development associations need to come to government’s
aid.
“Above all, we must all take
appropriate lessons and learn from this sad incident,” he said.
The former Lagos State Governor
urged the state government to ensure adequate medical treatment for the rescued
victims.
He also appealed to residents to
voluntarily donate blood not only for victims who urgently required blood but
also to improve the blood bank in the state.
“While we await the inquiry into
the circumstances that led to the incident, we must all support government’s
efforts,” he said.
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For the past 10 years buildings have been falling down in Nigeria, when you mix one part cement, to 10 parts sand, you are heading for trouble.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should hire the Pyramid builders, there work has survived 1000's of years without falling down
Dont forget TB Joshua's building fell down killing 116 people, lessons was not learned, you keep making the same mistakes.
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