Lagos to foot hospital bill of victims of building collapse – Ambode vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode ; General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency , Mr. Tiamiyu Adesina ; Chairman, Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corp , Rtd. A.I.G Israel Ajao and Chairman, Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area, Mr. Kamar Salau-Bashua during the Governor’s visit to the scene of building collapse at Massey Street, Ita-Faaji, Lagos Island, on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.
“I want to commiserate with the families of those that lost their lives in this collapsed building. I want to quickly let Lagosians know that this is quite an unfortunate incident. All we are trying to do is to scale up this rescue operation. Our response units are already here; we are getting additional cranes to be able to go deeper than where we are now to rescue more lives.
“The Deputy Governor is in the hospital actually taking care of those that were rescued and taken to the hospital most especially the children. On the part of government, we would immediately take care of whatever it is that we can do, including the hospital bills. He said most of the buildings in the area had been marked for demolition, but that some property owners in the area defy such notices, assuring that going forward, structural defective buildings would be demolished.“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.
Governor Ambode also said that a full scale investigation would be carried out immediately rescue operations are concluded, vowing that those found culpable would be severely dealt with in accordance with the relevant laws.
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