ETIM EKPIMAH
Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has deployed rescuers to the site of the 21-storey building that collapsed on Monday in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Ms Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, made this known in a statement on Wednesday by her spokesperson, Mrs Nneka Anibeze.
According to Farouq, “This is tragic. I sympathise with the Lagos government and the families of people still trapped inside the rubble.
“We have mobilised rescue operations through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) team from the Lagos Territorial Office to team up with the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).
“NEMA has also facilitated the mobilisation of response involving heavy-duty equipment for rescue operations and security for crowd control.
“We pray that through the rescue operatives still on the ground, many of those trapped will be rescued.”
Many are still feared trapped in the rubble of the collapsed 21-storey building.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the owner of the structure was given the approval to build a 15-story building, instead, he changed it to 21-storey.