An uncompleted lecture hall collapsed at
Niger Delta University, which is owned by
the Bayelsa State government, collapsed on
Friday, but there were no human casualties,
several sources said. “The collapsed building
however injured one construction worker
who is in the danger list at a hospital,” one
source revealed.
Several sources told SaharaReporters that
some 50 people who usually squat in the
uncompleted building were lucky that none
of them got killed in the collapse.
Some sources blamed Governor Seriake
Dickson for retaining quack contractors
who use substandard construction material.
One worker said the site engineer was
notorious for cutting corners with materials
as well as compromising on standardized
building code.
“The motives of the site engineer are
questionable,” said a worker. “He keeps
flouting standard formulae for mixing
concrete. He uses more sand than chippings.
And, in mixing cement and sand, he is
known to compromise quality.”
Another critic said it was no surprise that
the building went down. “Thank God it
happened during the day when most of the
people who sleep in the building at night
were out,” another construction worker told
SaharaReporters.
.
The Bayelsa branch of the Nigerian Institute
of Architects (NIA) weighed in, ascribing the
collapse to the use of quacks on the project.
The NIA’s chairperson, Stella Rain, led a team
of architectural experts to assess the
building. Ms. Rain stated that the group
intends to conduct a detailed investigation
into the collapsed building.
Professor Humphrey Okonjo, the university’s
vice chancellor, said that the defects in the
building were detected by the university’s
project monitoring unit, but lamented that
the problems could not be fixed due to the
uncooperative attitude of some Bayelsa
government officials.

Source ;
www.saharareporters.com/news-page/tragedy-averted-scores-escape-death-collapsed-lecture-theater-bayelsa-university

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