Another building collapses in Lagos

How will buildings not be collapsing left, right and center?
Hopeless and sad!!! That is all i can say. If you are out the thinking of the Nigerian property market, the most important thing to do is make sure there was an engineering consultant in charge of the structure when it was built and that the building is certified. Most sites i have heard about in some places, the materials are sold and the money pocketed. The Nigerian society of engineers are looking into the problem i believe cause dang it makes em look real bad. I pray a solution can be found real soon though.
For the general gist of my tirade, read on people. Read on.

The City of Lagos recorded yet another calamity on Thursday morning as an extension of a five-storey building collapsed in Martins Street, Lagos, killing one and injuring about 20 persons.
The incident occurred at about 11. a.m. barely three months after three other buildings collapsed in the state, with the highest fatality recorded in 31/32 Egerton Street, Oke-Arin District, where five people, including two pregnant women and a little girl of three, died.

The 20 people rescued from the debris of the collapsed building were rushed to the Lagos State General Hospital, Lagos for treatment.The General Manager of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the incident, but said no death was recorded.
He said that immediately the agency received a distress call from residents of the area, all the stakeholders involved in rescue operations, in emergency situation, moved immediately to the site.
They injured people have since received comprehensive medical treatment from the state’s general hospital. He however, disclosed that pending when the rescue operation would last, all areas leading to the crash site would remain cordoned off to make rescue operation easier." All the stakeholders are going to work round the clock to make sure nobody is trapped in the rubble. To the best of our knowledge and from information gathered so far from residents of the ill-fated building, nobody has been declared missing," he added.

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