An uncompleted storey building belonging to Homaj private secondary school at Igoba community in Akure North local government area of Ondo State, yesterday collapsed and claimed two lives, while three others were critically injured.
Eyewitness, , Mr Abiodun Sunday, who spoke with Dailypost, said that the incident which occurred at 7:00am, brought a loud sound that attracted
neighbours to the scene.
Sunday added that the victims were labourers working at the uncompleted building.
The State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Mr Bade Omoloja said the building was not approved and that two different directives had been
given to stop its construction.
According to him, “It is tragic that we just lost two boys and three others are in critical condition due to negligence and stubbornness of designers and engineers”.
Omoloja said that poor quality of materials were used in the building
and that that occasioned the tragic happening.
The State Commissioner for Works, Mr Adegboye Adegbenro also stated that it was a structural failure which caused the collapse.
He added that government would set up a committee to forestall
similar occurrence in future.
The South West Zonal Coordinator of National Emergency Management (NEMA), Mr Iyiola Akande advised the government to maintain adequate supervision of building construction.
He stressed that it was not sufficient for government officials to sit down in office and approve without proper monitoring by competent and structural Engineers.