The state commissioner for Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA) Chidi Aroh, has directed for stop of works on all buildings at Nkpokiti Layout Enugu,until all approval plans are verified
This followed the Collapse of a two storey building under construction, allegedly belonging to the speaker of Enugu state House of Assembly, Edward Ubosi.
The commissioner pointed out that his
agency had since August 2016 gave order for stop of work at the site but was disobeyed.
Aroh, who rushed to the scene of the incident said that whereas his ministry takes full responsibility for the incident, he has quickly dispatched a letter to the police, requesting for the arrest of Engineer in charge of the site saying that such incident will not take place again in the Ugwuanyi’s administration.
“This is the first time building collapses is taking place in Enugu state since the inception of this administration and I can assure you that by the grace of God such will not happen again,” said Aroh.
Although, casualty were not much, except for two workers who sustained various degrees of injuries and are now receiving treatments.
Eye witness account said “were working when we heard a caving sound which forced us to quickly jumped down from the upstairs, as we were working”.
An ex-member of the Enugu state House of Assembly whose resident is close to the collapsed building, confirmed that the affected building belongs to the Speaker Ubochi.
However, every efforts to get the Speaker’s reaction failed, as he refused to respond to text messages put across to his mobile phone for the confirmation and reaction.
Some members of the public including builders gathered at the scene of the incident blamed the collapse on poor quality of materials used for the building.
Our reporter revealed that over 90 percent of buildings at the said layout belongs to serving and former members of the Enugu state House of Assembly.
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