The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has said that jailing any professional responsible for collapsed building would serve as deterrent and prevent reoccurrence.
Fashola made this assertion in Abuja when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) flagship programme, NAN Forum. “How many professionals have been jailed for collapsed building? Once you jail a professional in the same way you sanction a medical officer for negligence of conduct with regard to his patients or a legal practitioner with regard to his clients. Then you have sent the clearest message that those who build houses for people owe a duty of care to ensure that they build according to approved design and specifications. And that the approved design standard are also followed to the letter, you don’t short-changed your materials,” he said.

The minister stated that there must be consequences when people violated the National Housing Code, adding that it was not the responsibility of the ministry rather a law enforcement that could assist us. Speaking on affordable housing, he recalled that the board of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) and the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) were recently inaugurated to boost it................
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And what will Nigerians do to you for failing to give us constant supply of electricity and good network all over the country? The bad federal roads all over the country are causing enough accidents leading to loss of lives?

And what will Nigerians do to you for failing to give us constant supply of electricity and good network all over the country? The terrible state of federal roads all over the country are causing enough accidents leading to loss of lives, fashola as the works minister you are to be held responsible.