National President of the institute, Kunle Awobodu, who disclosed this at the groundbreaking ceremony of NIOB, yesterday in Abuja, said professionalism in building construction remained the first step to reducing sub-standard building construction practices across the country. He said: “There have been many building collapse cases in Nigeria. Awobodu said the outcome of investigation into the Ita-Faaji building collapse and several similar past cases in Lagos made the state government to stipulate in its Building Regulations of 2019 that building construction sites across the state should be managed by registered/professional builders. xThe NIOB president added that the association had offered a pro bono service to check substandard structures for demolition across the country. He said that the activities of quacks had put many lives in danger, disclosing that the association had concluded that it would work with relevant government ministries to curb the incessant building collapse.

Source: The Guardian March 15, 2021 04:02 UTC