The collapse of a two-storey building at Rumuoke Street, off Okilton junction in Ada George road, Port Harcourt, has prompted Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, to issue a directive for an immediate investigation.
The governor expressed the need for the state government to determine both the immediate and underlying causes of the incident.
In a statement released by his media aide, Boniface Onyedi, Governor Fubara emphasized the importance of identifying and apprehending those responsible for the project.
He further stated that individuals found to be at fault will be held accountable under the law.
The statement reads, “The Ministry of Urban Development is to take immediate action by conducting site investigations and site inspections
“The destructive testing and non-destructive testing of collapsed structural elements to establish their strength by the determination of the yield strength of the reinforcements and sieve analysis of the soil at the site, to ascertain the immediate and remote causes of the building collapse.
“If there is any compromise by those involved in the project, they will be prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to others.”
While sympathising with the four injured men whom he visited at the hospital, the doctors treating them also assured him that they would be discharged in a few days as they were already in stable condition.
He said the government had urgently mobilised earth-moving equipment to the site to evacuate the debris of the collapsed building while the site has been cordoned off.
