Ambode reacts to Lagos building collapse, reveals what govt will do
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has reacted to the collapse of a three-storey building in Itafaji area of Lagos State.The children are said to be students of a primary school located on the top floor of the building.Reacting, Ambode who visited the site of the collapsed building, commiserated with families of the deceased.
“The first observation is that this is an old building and it is only the Pent House and the other floors that we have been able to use to rescue people. So far, from what I have been briefed also, we have rescued about 25 people and some already dead but we were earlier informed that it was a school, the building is not technically a school, it is a residential building that was actually accommodating an illegal school.
“Like we have said, we have been carrying out a lot of integrity tests on the buildings in this neighborhood and as you can see some of them have been marked for demolition but we get resistance from landlords but we must continue to save lives and we would intensify our efforts to see that those that have failed our integrity test, we would ensure that they are quickly evacuated and we bring the structures down.
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