Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged “the governments of Lagos and Oyo states to “take immediate action to address the numerous ongoing human rights impacts of the deadly and catastrophic building collapse in their respective states, including by taking meaningful steps to avoid further damage to the human rights of the people affected.”


The organization said: “The Lagos State governor, Akinwumi Ambode and Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi should ensure as a matter of priority, access of victims and their families to effective remedies in a transparent manner, specifically, access to justice, adequate compensation, reparation, and guarantees that incidents like these can never happen again.”


According to the organization: “These tragedies point to weak enforcement of building regulations and oversight by the two states and urgent need for effective action and reforms. SERAP is concerned that the responses so far by the governments of Lagos and Oyo states have been insufficient to deal with the massive extent of the human costs of the incidents.”


In a statement today, SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare said: “These incidents come as a tragic reminder of the mismanagement, weakness in the regulatory and monitoring regime. The governments should have done more to prevent them from happening. The governors should act decisively on their commitments to do everything in their powers to prevent more such tragedies, and to bring to justice those responsible, to serve as a deterrent and end the negligence at which many are carrying out their duties.”


The statement read in part: “Schools should be a sanctuary - a place where children can learn, develop and play with their classmates, and prepare for their future lives in society. Collapse of school building due to weak enforcement regulations or corruption is an implicit attack on the right of Nigerian children to education, life, and human dignity. Such situation creates an environment of fear and severely diminishes the quality of children’s education.”


“The tragedies demand accountability and both Lagos and Oyo states should accept responsibility for these incidents; promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigate exactly how they happened, and publicly apologise to the victims, their families and Nigerians. Building developers and contractors can only be properly held to account if the two states do the right thing for the harm they have caused.”


“SERAP is seriously concerned about the frequency of building collapse in the country. Many buildings within Lagos and Oyo states reportedly remain in breach of minimum standards. Both governments should urgently take effective monitoring and enforcement action and provide conclusive evidence that buildings within their states are safe, strong, stable and meet applicable legal and building standards.”


“In order to prevent other tragedies, authorities at both federal and state levels should monitor and effectively enforce compliance by public and private actors with their regulatory and environmental standards. President Muhammadu Buhari and all the 36 state governors should publicly commit that they will do everything possible to prevent new tragedies like those of Lagos Island and Bode, Ibadan.”


“We condemn the collapse of a three-storey building in Ita Faji area of Lagos Island with over 20 people including school children reportedly dead and 45 injured, and the collapse of a two-storey building in Ibadan, Oyo State, with some people reportedly injured.”


“We stand in solidarity with those affected and ready to help by providing free legal advice, assistance and support in order to ensure that justice is not only done, but also seen to be done in these cases.”


http://serap-nigeria.org/compensate-victims-of-building-collapse-in-lagos-ibadan-serap.ngo/

Compensation will be good when you look at life and property lost. When a grown up with 2 hands and 2 legs on Monday sudden lost 2 legs on Tuesday as a result of collapse building, life will never ever be the same again.

Until the government begin to find them heavyl it won't stop. Building collapse happened everywhere but they never escape the punishment .

Why?

Seriously, we need more sensible superiors and well civilised citizens in this country
I know some people will say we need GOD interference in the current disaster we are facing currently in Nigeria which is ain't right

Cos the rate at which buildings are collapsing is getting out of hand (building of 30years that's suppose to have been renovated is still in use)

We've got a long way to go in Nigeria

Stories

How ? They should go and meet insurance

Nonsense

Why? Because it happened in Oyoruba land due largely to poor building regulations and planning laws by the local and state govts, you expect the FG to pay compensation ?

What about compensation to Niger Delta communities suffering from decades of reckless oil exploitation on their land?.

You won't see this Afonja group rear their ugly scratched face .

instead of u to follow d building constructors n sure them to court for refusing to reform d building u ar here talking abt money

yes....they should be compennsated. Such tragedies result fromm government's inability to pperform their duties properly.

What is the sense in this, people just wanted to be recognised with their populist talk. Of course, government is taking responsibility of the affected people's medical bills and wellbeing, but asking government to pay compensation is the height of it, compensation on what? Government is not the owner of the houses affected, government is not remotely or directly linked to the disaster

ZombieNation:
Why? Because it happened in Oyoruba land due largely to poor building regulations and planning laws by the local and state govts, you expect the FG to pay compensation ?

What about compensation to Niger Delta communities suffering from decades of reckless oil exploitation on their land?.

You won't see this Afonja group rear their ugly scratched face .

May God have mercy on you. What a wicked human you are.

necessary

ZombieNation:
Why? Because it happened in Oyoruba land due largely to poor building regulations and planning laws by the local and state govts, you expect the FG to pay compensation ?

What about compensation to Niger Delta communities suffering from decades of reckless oil exploitation on their land?.

You won't see this Afonja group rear their ugly scratched face .

Where was it mentioned in the article that the FG should pay compensation in those 2 states?

With whose money, tax payers money?
We need to get off this sentimental behavior of ours in this country.
The govt should fish out whoever removed that demolition mark!

Ok

Compensation is not a must but not a bad idea.

The owner of the building and the architect must be arrested

Pavore9:


Where was it mentioned in the article that the FG should pay compensation in those 2 states?

Read the title

ZombieNation:


Read the title

It was specifically directed to the 2 state governments not the Federal government.

Ok

Government should start paying for their incompetency

Ok

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Hdhdhd

When it happened in ph why no noise

not going to happen

SERAP is now doing busy body