FED GOVT TASKED TO FOCUS ON THE CAUSES OF COLLAPSE BUILDING IN NIGERIA.
By:- Emmanuel Fateman Abuja.
Coalition of five civil society groups under the auspecies of good governance have tasked Federal government to continue to focus on collapse building in the country.
In a press statement issued by the group Coordinator and made available to journalist in Abuja, Comrade Mohammed Adamu stated that with rising cases of collapse building , poor road construction and project execution, can not be condone
In the statement the Coordinator of the group Comrade Adamu taskes Minister of works and housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN to intervene and prevent non-qualified construction companies and leadership of council to always abide by the regulation and standard of engineering in Nigeria.
He stated that Nigerians are gravely concerned by the rising spate of building collapses in many states with loss of many lives which is generally blamed on poor engineering, quackery and non-compliance with building regulations.
Comrade Mohammed Adamu said, in view of this situation, we think the Nigerian Engineering profession should begin to get things rights and address the spate of engineering misconducts and malpractices by having a leadership elected in accordance with the law.
We are aware that a public interest law firm, Ojichukwu & Livingfaith Partners, through it’s Managing Partner, Mr. Michael O. Okorie, Esq has petitioned the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN to intervene and cancel the illegal election of Engr. Professor. Saqiq Z. Abubakar and Engr. Olu Ogunduyile as President and Vice-President of Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria as both are not duly appointed members of the Council as required by the relevant law, but they still smuggled into the Council by the immediate past President and his cohorts without Presidential or Ministerial approval as required by law.
The group said, in the interest of sustenance of ethical standards, professionalism and rule of law in the engineering profession as well as public interest, lend support in calling on the Minister to urgently address the petition and intervene to ensure that the leadership of COREN is elected and constituted in accordance with the law.
The request for the minister’s intervention will show a commitment to address the rising cases of engineering malpractices that contribute to building collapses and other project failures.
We commend the Minister’s disposition to the upholding ethical standards, professionalism and rule of law as the supervising Minister of the Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria. And we believe the Minister will not standby and allow the enthronement of illegality in the leadership of the Council in particular regards to the currently elected President and Vice President who are not qualified to stand election as they are not duly appointed members of the Council.
We call on the Minister to immediately investigate these allegations and take necessary action, Adamu said.
