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FCTA Sets Up 7-man Committee To Prevent Building Collapse

Simon Osuji by Simon Osuji
September 20, 2023
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The Department of Development Control, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has set up a seven-man committee for the prevention of building collapse in the federal capital, Abuja.

The Director of the department, Mr Mukhtar Galadima, told newsmen after the inauguration of the committee in Abuja on Wednesday that the move was part of proactive measures to address incessant building collapse.

“We don’t have to wait for another building to collapse before we act. That is why we set up the committee to help investigate structures that are not structurally stable for human habitation.

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“It is good to go round and identify these structures, conduct integrity tests and where necessary provide for remedial measures and remove the structure if it is found not stable.

“The committee will be looking out for structures that visually may look stable but not, and recommend an integrity test,” Galadima said.

He added that the committee would also make recommendations on how to reduce the incidence of building collapse to the barest minimum in the FCT.

He said that the committee would equally recommend who to be engaged to conduct the integrity test.

According to him, the committee comprises representatives from the Council for Registered Engineers of Nigeria, Town Planners Registration Council and Builders Registration Council.

Others are National Institute of Building and Road Research Institute and Standards Organisation of Nigeria among others.

Describing the task as a “national call”, the director said that the committee had two months at the first instance to deliver on the task.

Galadima warned that any official of the department involved in sharp practices would be dealt with in accordance with the civil service rule and other extant laws.

The chairman of the committee, Mr Allabeh Ndirmbula, said that reasons for building collapse were many – materials, construction, design, misuse, quackery, ageing and disaster among several other factors.

Ndirmbula, a former president of the Town Planners Registration Council, said that the committee would work to address, with focus on Phase 1 area of the FCT namely Wuse 1 and 2, Garki and Asokoro.

“What has already happened, we can’t help it; but the future is what we are looking at. We want to make sure that from now on, we have a system that checks against building collapse,” he said.

Also, Mr Ajibade Adeyinka, a Deputy Director in Development Control and Secretary of the committee, described the building industry as a “complex industry”.

Adeyinka said that the industry had so many professionals working in the field and their job interrelated in the processes and procedures of erecting a building for a specific use.

“However, there have been a lot of compromises along the way, from the developer to the owner of the building, to the professionals on site, issue of quackery and poor supervision and monitoring.

“This committee intends to look at existing structures, processes and procedures and look at how to rejig it if there are issues.

“When you talk about building collapse, we always look at buildings under construction, but we are also looking at buildings that have been completed and occupied,” he said. (NAN)

Sources:Vanguardngr

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