₦airaland Forum

Dear Lagosians, something struck my mind when I first heard of collapse of the 21-storey edifice on Gerrard Road under construction, into which the developer got trapped alongside his friends and staff. The earlier we wake up and spread all our intelligence nets wide to unravel the cause , the better for us all.

In retrospect, this kind of unfortunate occurrence had been orchestrated by terrorists in the past across the globe. There had been bomb explosions here in Lagos in the past, which in the name of damage control had been attributed to petrol pipeline explosion in an area where the pipeline didn't Pass through.

My people, this isn't the time to sleep with our 2 eyes closed . It's very dangerous. There's nothing terrorists can't do. Just in less than 24 hours after the collapse of the building, another one collapsed in same ikoyi area....a point to ponder. Mr Osibona is an international developer with similar structures erected in the UK, still standing strong and successfully completed. I shook my head when some people were blaming this guy and his Italian friend who also was a co-contractor in that project for the collapse...Italian construction companies pride themselves in high-rise building constructions globally. Cappa and D'Alberto is one of them and they've been with us for a long time now.

I think Governor Sanwoolu needs to be taught how to manage information in emergency situations. This is the second mistake he would make after end sars which is a proof of his incompetence. From... there was no building approval to...an approval was actually made...always flip-flopping. He's our Governor and somebody needs to tell him this, nobody is above mistakes but such shouldn't be allowed to repeat itself again and again. There's no need for blame game.

If I were the Lagos state government, instead of playing politics, I'd send intelligence team all over to investigate the cause of this collapse without hiding anything. We can't allow our state to be ridiculed by any group of people who believe the best thing to do to a peaceful environment is cause pandemonium and loss of lives. In a sane environment, tireless efforts would have been ongoing by now, just to ascertain the root cause of the problem and tackle it head on.

Unless our government does something drastic to unravel the cause of the unfortunate incident, we'd just wake up one day and see that 3rd mainland bridge had become flat on top of the lagoon and some people would be blaming Julius Berger for not doing a good job or getting an approval before constructing the bridge which is one of the beauties of Lagos. Then, it would be too late to open up cos casualties would be too numerous to count, God forbid. Enough said!

Foolish talk.

Nigerian developers are known to cut corners and bribe regulators for building approval. So i am not suprised that an high rising building like that will collapse.

In a sane country, thorough testing and inspection would have been done before any construction started at that place.

Because he built a similar structure in the Uk does not mean he will use the same standards in Nigeria.

Now, i am scared and skeptical of the buildings at EKO Atlantic if they meet international standards.

motymop:
Nigerian developers are known to cut corners and bribe regulators for building approval. So i am not suprised that an high rising building like that will collapse.

In a sane country, thorough testing and inspection would have been done before any construction started at that place.

Because he built a similar structure in the Uk does not mean he will use the same standards in Nigeria.

Now, i am scared and skeptical of the buildings at EKO Atlantic if they meet international standards.

All the necessary things were done, even with proofs according to the information provided on Channelstv a few minutes ago. Construction projects carried out by competent companies. Have you been to the site before to see the list of those companies involved? I'm not leaving out incompetence but In this case, a thorough investigation needs to be conducted.