Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, on Thursday, ordered an immediate investigation into the collapse of a two-storey building at Rumuoke Street, off Okilton junction in Ada George road, Port Harcourt.
The two-storey building under construction collapsed early on Thursday morning, injuring four persons.
The governor, in a statement by his media aide, Boniface Onyedi, said the state government must find out the immediate and remote causes of the incident.
Fubara, who was represented by the Commissioner for Special Projects, Engr Emeka Woke at the inspection of the collapsed building, charged the relevant government agencies to immediately fish out those involved in the project.
He also vowed that anyone found culpable will be made to face 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.”
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