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Two people died after a seven storey building under construction collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos in the early hours of Sunday and rescue efforts were underway to find survivors, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency said.

[File Image] A rescue member works on the debris as search and rescue efforts continue at the site of a collapsed building in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria November 2, 2021.[File Image] A rescue member works on the debris as search and rescue efforts continue at the site of a collapsed building in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria November 2, 2021.

The building was being constructed next to a hospital in the neighbourhood of Oniru, said the agency’s chief executive Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, adding that at least four people were still trapped under the rubble.Building collapses are frequent in Africa’s most populous country, where regulations are poorly enforced and construction materials often substandard.

 

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Greg_Modise1 Nigerian all the time,,,

Sad news indeed but Nigeria engineers shld be held accountable

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