Kosiso12:
‘Save Our Lives’ - Abakaliki Residents Cry Out Over Collapsing Mud Houses | #IgbereTV

Residents of Abakaliki metropolis in Ebonyi state have cried out to the state government to save the community from what they describe as ‘impending disaster’ over old mud houses located at Kpirikpiri area of the state that are at the verge of collapse.

One of the mud houses, situated adjacent Kpirikpiri Police Station in Ebonyi state, have stayed over seven decades with no single renovation or maintenance since its erection, causing major cracks on the building.

Investigation by Igbere TV revealed that the landlord, Mr. Maximus Sunday Mgboh despite being alerted severally on the impending disaster, paid the ‘I-don’t-care’ attitude to either renovate the mud house or erect a new modern building.

“He(the landlord) has simply shown no concern as if it's not his business despite several appeal and attempt to get him to at least renovate or maintain the property if he cannot construct a new one from scratch”, one of the residents in the area, who craved anonymity, told Igbere TV.

When Igbere TV newscrew visited the area over the weekend, tenants were seen still living and occupying the mud house located at House 47, Old Enugu Road. It was the same case for other sub-standard buildings located in the area.

At least five sub-standard buildings at the verge of collapse were captured by this Newspaper all located within the same area, behind the Kpirikpiri police station.

One of the sub-standard buildings is currently being used as a day-time ‘Beer Parlor’ or Bar, while the other four are rented out and presently occupied by tenants as residential houses.

Findings by Igbere TV further revealed that one of the affected five buildings is owned by one Mr. Christopher Nwamini, now deceased. It was not immediately clear who is now in charge of tenancy.

Besides the private property in the Abakaliki metropolis, the Kpirikpiri police station is also not in good shape as it was vandalised and torched by hoodlums during the recent EndSARS protests that swept across the country.

Speaking with Igbere TV on the matter, a resident of the area who did not want his name to be mentioned, appealed to the David Umahi led Ebonyi state government to come to their rescue.

He said government must save them from disaster as occupants of the affected buildings have pleaded with the landlords of the houses to renovate the buildings all to no avail.

“As it stands now, the media is our last hope having failed to get the owners’ attention to do the needful. We are, therefore, calling on the state government to come to our aid because we have pleaded with the landlords of these buildings to renovate them but all our pleas fell on deaf ears.”

Pointing to one of the buildings, the resident added: “You can see deep cracks on the walls especially this one built with mud blocks, if something drastic is not done immediately, a major disaster may not be averted as the building caves in.”

Another resident, who identified himself as Mr. Sunday Nwangele, told Igbere TV that government must do all it can to save lives by sealing the mud houses and other sub-standard buildings till they are either renovated or replaced.

“A stitch in time saves nine”, he warned. “Government must now seal the buildings and evacuate the occupants with an ultimatum to the owners’ to renovate or have their certificates of occupancy revoked and buildings demolished.”

IGBERE TV news crew also discovered substandard buildings at the back of the EDEMAX Filling Station, opposite the Kpirikpiri Police Station.

Investigations also show that the buildings at the back of the EDEMAX Filling Station have stayed over five decades and are in terrible condition but still serve as residential buildings.

Meanwhile, a Building/Construction expert, Engr. Obasi Nwabuike, while adding his voice on the need to have the buildings replaced, said mud houses have a lifespan of approximately 30 to 35 years before they crumble.

He said any mud house which is over 30 or 35 years need to be replaced to avert any major disaster while making reference to the affected buildings in the Abakaliki metropolis.

Mud brick is a natural building material made by shaping bricks out of a mixture of sand, mud and/or clay with water and some fibrous organic matter (like hay, straw, sticks or manure).

The bricks are usually cast in a frame to ensure that they are a consistent size and shape. Once they have been cast, the bricks are then air-dried for up to a month.

Mud brick buildings have a low resistance to water, so some manufacturers add bitumen into the mud mixture to help with waterproofing.

Mud brick and adobe are some of the oldest building materials known, with evidence of mud brick buildings having been used as far way back 7000BC.


Source : https://igberetvnews.com/1389154/save-lives-abakaliki-residents-cry-collapsing-mud-houses/

wwwihy:
I thought it is only the West and the North we have mud houses and brown roof...So they are in the East too.

wwwihy:
I thought it is only the West and the North we have mud houses and brown roof...So they are in the East too.

jmoore:
Where is the mud house in the picture?

Juliusmalema:
Ebonyi will come out stronger and better..


These are just minor set backs.

These are where I blame Umahi, he neglected the people but embark on white elephant projects..

Poverty alleviation remains the key to successive development.

The people are gift to every society if rightly used

stanluiz:
But it doesn't change the fact that South West is the undisputed brown roof capital of the world.

That why your region is called brown roof republic

waterbrown24:
know most of the ewedu goblins didn't go through the article and besides where is the mud house in the pic?



A mud house can't have an air conditioner na...


this is a simple explanation in the article. Education has really failed in the SW.

iammo:


Is that brown roof am seeing .... Biafra people sef, Potopoto Republic
.

iammo:


Is that brown roof am seeing .... Biafra people sef, Potopoto Republic
.

adekolaelect:
one of your local champions in the mud house only put a/ c there to pretend his scam business .Mind you your point is baseless bcs one can put a/c in any enclose structures even Iron containers .

waterbrown24:


Ewedu munching terrorist u were too daft to read the article so I had to make reference for u and fellow dullards on this forum. the houses were built with mud "bricks" the reason for the dilapidation. the houses still look preferable to those slums inhabited by your triangular conehead people who can't paint the buildings or change the rusty roofs.

21-century homo sapien slumville dwellers.

Factshunter:


Lool

Trying to save face. Dude being trying to package the situation as it mud house isn't the same as mud blocks.

Lmao

waterbrown24:


the image is there for you to see.

Factshunter:


I guess the situation, the sudden shock of seeing your own brownroofs and mud houses has covered your eyes?
So, you know better that the people living in these houses cry out for help over their brownroofs and mud houses situations. ? You sit there in OJO making claims and defending what you know not.


Imao

Factshunter:


Fake News. Yoloba propaganda, lagos-Ibadan express news.

It can not be
It can never happen.
There is no such thing as "Mud " houses in alaigbo.

Iboland is paradise, there are countless mansions there and in fact there is no such thing as village or mud in developed paradise. Never!!!




We are developers, we developed lagos, gun, and the whole of SW....we are the richest, the most powerful, the most this and that, and we are all billionaires.

Thanks you.

adekolaelect:
but the best placeses to accommodate those Igbos migrators .

Abagworo:


It is nothing to argue about but Igbo cities though still far below standards has better and evolving housing pattern compared with Yoruba cities. There are brown roofs in every Southeast city but each passing day they are demolished and replaced with more modern higher floored buildings whereas the ones in other parts of Nigeria are left untouched. If you observe these drone shots of old Aba township you will notice how 80% of the brown roofs have been replaced with many higher rise buildings under construction but you can't say same for Ibadan, Abeokuta, Oshogbo, Ogbomosho or Ilesha.

waterbrown24:


u can start by showing me the mud houses or u can go back and read through the article.

waterbrown24:


Ewedu munching terrorist u were too daft to read the article so I had to make reference for u and fellow dullards on this forum. the houses were built with mud "bricks" the reason for the dilapidation. the houses still look preferable to those slums inhabited by your triangular conehead people who can't paint the buildings or change the rusty roofs.

21-century homo sapien slumville dwellers.

Factshunter:


Please refer to the headlines of this thread to start with.

Can somebody read the headline to this dude maybe the message will become clearer to him with an interpreter?

wwwihy:
I thought it is only the West and the North we have mud houses and brown roof...So they are in the East too.

Wickedfacts:


It seems poverty is a natural resource there. You have it in abundance.

Kosiso12:
‘Save Our Lives’ - Abakaliki Residents Cry Out Over Collapsing Mud Houses | #IgbereTV

Residents of Abakaliki metropolis in Ebonyi state have cried out to the state government to save the community from what they describe as ‘impending disaster’ over old mud houses located at Kpirikpiri area of the state that are at the verge of collapse.

One of the mud houses, situated adjacent Kpirikpiri Police Station in Ebonyi state, have stayed over seven decades with no single renovation or maintenance since its erection, causing major cracks on the building.

Investigation by Igbere TV revealed that the landlord, Mr. Maximus Sunday Mgboh despite being alerted severally on the impending disaster, paid the ‘I-don’t-care’ attitude to either renovate the mud house or erect a new modern building.

“He(the landlord) has simply shown no concern as if it's not his business despite several appeal and attempt to get him to at least renovate or maintain the property if he cannot construct a new one from scratch”, one of the residents in the area, who craved anonymity, told Igbere TV.

When Igbere TV newscrew visited the area over the weekend, tenants were seen still living and occupying the mud house located at House 47, Old Enugu Road. It was the same case for other sub-standard buildings located in the area.

At least five sub-standard buildings at the verge of collapse were captured by this Newspaper all located within the same area, behind the Kpirikpiri police station.

One of the sub-standard buildings is currently being used as a day-time ‘Beer Parlor’ or Bar, while the other four are rented out and presently occupied by tenants as residential houses.

Findings by Igbere TV further revealed that one of the affected five buildings is owned by one Mr. Christopher Nwamini, now deceased. It was not immediately clear who is now in charge of tenancy.

Besides the private property in the Abakaliki metropolis, the Kpirikpiri police station is also not in good shape as it was vandalised and torched by hoodlums during the recent EndSARS protests that swept across the country.

Speaking with Igbere TV on the matter, a resident of the area who did not want his name to be mentioned, appealed to the David Umahi led Ebonyi state government to come to their rescue.

He said government must save them from disaster as occupants of the affected buildings have pleaded with the landlords of the houses to renovate the buildings all to no avail.

“As it stands now, the media is our last hope having failed to get the owners’ attention to do the needful. We are, therefore, calling on the state government to come to our aid because we have pleaded with the landlords of these buildings to renovate them but all our pleas fell on deaf ears.”

Pointing to one of the buildings, the resident added: “You can see deep cracks on the walls especially this one built with mud blocks, if something drastic is not done immediately, a major disaster may not be averted as the building caves in.”

Another resident, who identified himself as Mr. Sunday Nwangele, told Igbere TV that government must do all it can to save lives by sealing the mud houses and other sub-standard buildings till they are either renovated or replaced.

“A stitch in time saves nine”, he warned. “Government must now seal the buildings and evacuate the occupants with an ultimatum to the owners’ to renovate or have their certificates of occupancy revoked and buildings demolished.”

IGBERE TV news crew also discovered substandard buildings at the back of the EDEMAX Filling Station, opposite the Kpirikpiri Police Station.

Investigations also show that the buildings at the back of the EDEMAX Filling Station have stayed over five decades and are in terrible condition but still serve as residential buildings.

Meanwhile, a Building/Construction expert, Engr. Obasi Nwabuike, while adding his voice on the need to have the buildings replaced, said mud houses have a lifespan of approximately 30 to 35 years before they crumble.

He said any mud house which is over 30 or 35 years need to be replaced to avert any major disaster while making reference to the affected buildings in the Abakaliki metropolis.

Mud brick is a natural building material made by shaping bricks out of a mixture of sand, mud and/or clay with water and some fibrous organic matter (like hay, straw, sticks or manure).

The bricks are usually cast in a frame to ensure that they are a consistent size and shape. Once they have been cast, the bricks are then air-dried for up to a month.

Mud brick buildings have a low resistance to water, so some manufacturers add bitumen into the mud mixture to help with waterproofing.

Mud brick and adobe are some of the oldest building materials known, with evidence of mud brick buildings having been used as far way back 7000BC.


Source : https://igberetvnews.com/1389154/save-lives-abakaliki-residents-cry-collapsing-mud-houses/