The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has sent words of sympathy to the families of victims of the collapsed building in Ita Faji, Lagos.
Adams, in a statement he personally signed on Friday, expressed sadness over the death of the pupils in the ill-fated building.
He said: “I feel sad that the lives of many of those promising adults and young pupils could be cut short in such manner.
“It is sad. My heart bleeds at the number of casualties, and the sorrow I feel now is overwhelming, seeing the ways they were being evacuated from the rubbles of the building.
“We cannot continue to experience all these happenings in Lagos State.
“Cases of building collapse should be addressed holistically to forestall future occurrences.”
He also called on the government to address housing in the state to prevent future occurrences of building collapse.
“At the same time, there is the need for the state government to address the issue of building collapse urgently in the state. It is becoming too frequent. There should be standard in what we do as a people.
“That is how it is done in other climes. Many of the buildings in Lagos, particularly on the Island, are old and dilapidated.
“Meanwhile, those contractors building the new ones, most times, use substandard materials and nobody blinks an eye,” he said.
Adams also expressed concern on the standard of education in the state, saying private schools located in residential apartments cannot be of any quality standard.
