As an Ex-May like the founder and CEO of Fourscore Heights Limited, Femi Osibona, one can attest to the high ethical drills put into pupils of Mayflower Junior School, the primary school, and Mayflower School, the secondary school, founded by Dr Tai Solarin, a man of muscular ethical standards.
When he returned to Nigeria, where anything goes, he conformed to the “no-standard” standard of the Nigerian work ethic. It is not impossible that the officials of all the agencies with statutory responsibility to approve, monitor and enforce the rules of building construction in Lagos State, goaded and encouraged him to breach building standards.
Swirling on social media is an amateur video supposedly showing Osibona being arrested, or resisting arrest, for what is not exactly clear, though there are claims that he had earlier tried to prevent inspectors from inspecting the job he was doing. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the prospective homeowners in the property have jointly shelled out close to $250 million for apartments, whose prices range from $500,000 and $3 million. The report added that close to 65 per cent of the apartments had been paid for by homeowners who were expecting to move in sometime in 2022.
Governor Sanwo-Olu has set up a tribunal of enquiry, whose members are all from the private sector, “to get to the root cause of what happened to the building.” The Chairman, Toyin Ayinde, is President of the Nigeria Institute of Town Planners, and Ekundayo Onajobi, a lawyer, is to serve as Secretary.
Good piece. Several questions bugging the mind truly needs to be answered. Can the panel get to the bottom of these issues without Nigeria happening to them also?
Fourscore company happened to Nigerians. They cut corners and Nigerians suffered.