₦airaland Forum

KANO—Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State has vowed to ensure that the local construction firm handling the pedestrian bridge, which collapsed along Sheik Jafar road paid adequate compensation to families of the seven victims of Sunday evening incident at Dorayi suburb in the metropolis.

The state police command confirmed that no fewer than seven people were killed when the bridge collapsed, saying that ”Criminal investigation has commenced against the contractor and he would face charges if found wanting.”

This was even as a man on tricycle escaped death by whiskers when the concrete slab on the collapsed foot bridge caved in and broke the rickshaw into two yesterday.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Majiya, spoke on the incident in an interview with newsmen in Kano.

However, the governor’s position was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Press in the Government House, Halilu Dantiye.

“Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso has vowed to ensure that the victims and their families are adequately compensated by the company,” Dantiye said adding that “doing so will avoid a lot of of unnecessary consequences.”

The statement further admonished citizens to be patient and continue to be law abiding.

The statement further urged companies undertaking numerous construction work in the state to continue doing their work in a manner that would ensure minimum discomfort to road users.

The governor, who condoled with the families of the victims also prayed for the quick recovery of the injured ones who are currently in the hospital.

Meanwhile, Majiya said the incident happened around 4:45 p.m. when the bridge, which was still under construction, caved in and collapsed on a car passing underneath it.

“The workers at the site had warned motorists not to pass because they were working on the bridge but the driver of the taxi allegedly ignored the warning.

‘’So, the moment he moved; before he passed, the bridge caved in and collapsed on the vehicle, which led to the death of seven persons,” he said.

According to him, the vehicle has since been evacuated from the scene while the corpses have been deposited at a hospital morgue.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/collapsed-bridge-firmll-pay-compensation-to-victims-families-kwankwaso/

good move

What are the Safety measures put in place by the govt and its contractor, rip to the dead but I was expecting to hear it was the GEJ commissioned own that the APC said was shaking that actually collapsed.

Buhari killed his wife and injected sickle cell into his daughter who later died because he hated her.- AIT

And you want AIT to be following Buhari anywhere he goes?

AIT go hear wheeeeennn.

ECOTERRORS:
What are the Safety measures put in place by the govt and its contractor, rip to the dead but I was expecting to hear it was the GEJ commissioned own that the APC said was shaking that actually collapsed.

I wish it was PDP, the blame must have be on Jonathan not the contractors. But since it is the APC now, the blame has be shifted to the contractor.

gbam!

I though govts have agencies that monitor these constructions as they are going on?

Kwankwaso was constructing a substandard bridge

cyprus000:
[size=15pt] nice.

Som1 has to take responsibility.but that doesn't mean that the victims were not wrong too.
Bcs they were warned not to trade that route,but they still violated the warning and meet an inpending doom. [/size]

So it is normal for bridges to be collapsing anyhow when under construction?

The Govt of Kano state and the contractor shuld take responsibility for their negligence. The contractor fail to adhere to the right safety measures required in executing such projects while the govt ought to have supervice the job to ensure that safety measures are apply. Or moreso, it might be poor quality job accasion by poor funding.

ozoigbondu:
Kwankwaso was constructing a substandard bridge

He is mile ahead of the fvking govenor in ur state.