₦airaland Forum

A two-story building still under construction has collapsed at No. 20 Ozuitem Street, Umuahia, the Abia State capital.

The building, said to be owned by a “very wealthy” resident of Umuahia, collapsed on Christmas Day when the site workers had taken the day off.

The cause of the collapse has not yet been officially established, but some residents living near the building claimed that substandard materials may have been used by the contractor, which they alleged compromised the integrity of the structure.

A resident who pleaded anonymity thanked God for sparing the lives of the site workers, saying: “Yesterday was Christmas Day and there was no work. If not, who knows what would have happened?”

He said that the contractor had gone into hiding after realising what had happened to avoid being arrested or questioned.

When DAILY POST visited the site on Thursday afternoon, a bulldozer was demolishing the remaining parts of the building to ensure they did not collapse onto adjacent houses.

Messages boldly pasted around the site by the Umuahia Capital Development Authority, UCDA, dated December 26, 2024, declared that the site had been sealed.

When DAILY POST contacted the Public Relations Officer of the Umuahia Capital Development Authority, Mrs Nkeiru Ogba, she confirmed that her office had visited the site of the collapsed building to ascertain what had happened.

She said that the owners of some of the buildings that had collapsed in the state did not follow due process or had refused to comply with official regulations.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2024/12/26/workers-escape-death-as-2-story-building-collapses-in-umuahia/

Thank God, that they didn't die before 2025

😳

Xandah:
Thank God it’s not their time

Na So

Thank God for safety

Na wao

Everything about this nation is substandard

Thank Goodness

Olorun Ose ooo
Thank God they will see 2025

Thank God no life was lost

COMRADES, Nigerians are in deep trouble, today building collapse, tomorrow economy collapse the day after tomorrow human must collapse or something terrible will happen to them, what is going on?

Ok

Thank God they didn't finish this building before it collapsed
and killed hundreds more.
Nonsense construction.
Thank God for life.

These people no da want hear word

Build what you can afford
Don't compete with anyone, just do ur own thing. If u can skyscraper, build it.
If you can build 24 storey building build it.
If na bungalow you can afford to build, then do it with diligent.

What I don't understand is building what you cannot afford to build with substandard materials. Doing so, you put innocent lives at risks

Thank God for life

Melagros:
COMRADES, Nigerians are in deep trouble, today building collapse, tomorrow economy collapse the day after tomorrow human must collapse or something terrible will happen to them, what is going on?

God is the answer.

Everything is a failure in the sad east. A terrible region, the pit latrine of Nigeria. SMH.




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olubunmimary100:
Olorun Ose ooo
Thank God they will see 2025

Says who? anything still fit happen.

Some contractors and so called engineers...are these people just callous, greedy or plain ignorant?

Xandah:
Thank God it’s not their time

All glory be to God.
Tragedy averted. Building contractors should build well and limit collapse

Kachy1605:
Everything about this nation is substandard

Blame the Engineer and the owner of the building who was cutting corners. Don't put the blame on others.

Thank God nobody died

This contractors are use to substandard materials ,


they don't care if they kill anybody with Their carelessness and selfishness ,



Princess Faith Chukwu

no attack on Obi yet


someone will soon mention Obi name and says he won't say anything about this blah blah blah


Look out below, these people are predictable

You either pay to have the best of manage and experience the worst

Alantavern:
Says who? anything still fit happen.

To you and your family abi.
You mean una still fit die before the end of this year

adicius:
Everything is a failure in the sad east. A terrible region, the pit latrine of Nigeria. SMH.




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is only in SW you will see 2storey building batcher or mud house upstairs rubbish region

Wahala

Now work has moved back to the beginning

The workers Chi is alive, big lost to the owner and shame to the incompetent failed contractors.