Building Collapses: REDAN Chairman Blames Compromise, Govt Failure , Demands Criminal Prosecution
Yusuf Ebiti
The Chairman of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), Lagos Chapter, Dr. Tony Aspire Kolawole, has condemned the recurring spate of building collapses across the country, declaring that the latest incidents in Rivers and Lagos States were avoidable disasters driven by negligence, regulatory failure and a culture of impunity.
Reacting to the collapse of a five-storey building in Rivers State on June 24 and a three-storey structure in the Alakija area of Lagos yesterday, Kolawole said the nation could no longer afford to treat building collapses as unfortunate accidents when they were, in reality, the consequences of human recklessness and institutional failure.
Describing the twin incidents as a national emergency, he lamented that innocent Nigerians continue to lose their lives because established building standards are routinely compromised without consequences for those responsible.
