Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu
About 20 construction workers escaped
death on Thursday when a building believed to be owned by the Speaker of
the Enugu State House of Assembly, Edward Ubosi, collapsed.
The two-storey building, which was still
under construction, is located on an estate around Nkpokiti junction at
Independence Layout, Enugu.
The building was one of the houses on an estate said to be allocated to the members of the Enugu State House of Assembly.
Our correspondent learnt that some of the construction workers, who were working at the site, sustained injuries.
However, no life was lost in the incident.
A source in the Enugu Capital Territory
Development Authority, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the
agency had, in August 2016, given an order for work to stop in all the
buildings on the estate.
The source expressed regrets that the
order was flouted, despite the fact that most of the owners of the
buildings under construction are lawmakers.
Efforts to get the reaction of the Speaker were not successful as of the time of filing this report.
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