Eleven more bodies have been recovered from the rubbles of the 21-storey building which collapsed on Monday in the Ikoyi area of Lagos, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Tuesday.
Four persons were confirmed dead while five others were rescued as of Monday night.
Spokesman for the agency said five more persons trapped have been rescued by emergency responders. This brings the total number of rescued persons to 10.
After visiting the site, chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, Lagos State chapter, David Majekodunmi said such incident would have been averted if the authorities had done their job.
“My first impression is that the country is in a mess. We are in a mess because if we have done what we are supposed to do, either on the private or government side, we wouldn’t be having this kind of incident.
“Like it’s said by (Femi) Falana, the renowned lawyer, about six or seven weeks precisely where we have all the allied professionals in the construction industry together, he said ‘We should stop talking about building collapse; go and search yourselves, what is your regulatory building doing? Your regulatory body is supposed to regulate things like this,’” said Mr Majekodunmi.
He added, “Looking at this, you can’t determine what is actually the cause of the collapse. In a nutshell, we are standing in front of the signage which is supposed to be a prerequisite at a site.
“You cannot see the name of the architect, the structural engineer, and other consultants. But there is so much going on on the platform where the number written on all these consultants happens to be the developer.”
