Against the backdrop of unwholesome practices in the building construction industry, the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Ms. Amal Pepple, has urged state governments and other
stakeholders to uphold the provisions of the revised National Building Code.
Pepple and other industry professionals spoke at a stakeholders’ validation workshop on the revised NBC in Abuja last week.
The minister said, “If this revised NBC is to effectively serve as a mechanism to ensure the safety and protection of all of us from preventable hazards, which could be life threatening in the construction and housing industry, the state governments must lead the drive to institutionalise it throughadaptation, legislation and enforcement.
“It is in this regard that I fervently hope that the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory Administration will ensure that the NBC is adapted and
adopted by the executive arm of government as a regulatory tool in their spheres of influence. It should be enacted by their respective legislatures as part of their jurisdictional code after it has undergone the formal process of approval by the highest level of government.”

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