The Ogun State Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship candidate in 2015 elections, Prince Gboyega Isiaka, has called for an investigation into the collapse of Itoku market building in Abeokuta.
He said such incident was rare in a government project, adding that the state government should not overlook any complicity or possible compromise in the standard of the project construction.
One of the state government’s projects, a four-storey market building under construction, had, on Friday collapsed, leaving two persons dead and several others injured. Isiaka, who commiserated with the families of the victims of the disaster, said in a statement issued in Abeokuta that a thorough probe of the cause of the col-lapse was imperative.
He said, “I have heard about some private projects suffering this type of unfortunate fate but with capacity put in place, it is rare in government projects.
It is in line with the above that I enjoin the government not to overlook any complicity around a possible compromise in the standard of the construction of this project, both by the contractor and the supervising authority, which to me cannot be in conformity with the much flaunted ‘Ogun Standard.” Meanwhile, the state chapter of PDP has urged the state government to compensate the families of the dead and injured.
The PDP, in the statement by its Publicity Secretary also sympathised with the victims of the incident.
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