Kwara State Govenor AbdulRahman AbdulRazq has appealed to professionals and stakehokders in the building sector to evolve a new safety techniques to avert incessant building collapse in the country.
Governor AbdulRazaq made the appeal in Ilorin , at a one day symposium organized by the state ministry of housing and urban development, themed: “Building control in Kwara State: A synergy between Kwara State Goverment and Stakehokders” .
Represented by the state commissoner for communications Olabode Towoju, the governor lamented that the issue of building collapse in the country was alarming
He said his administration had created the new ministry of housing and urban development to ensure sanity in the building sector.
AbdulRazq explained that the state government was set to initiate the creation of a functioning building control agency that would inspect, approve and certify every stage of building construction.
He said the agency was expected to sanitise the building sector and encourage sustainable housing development in the state.
In his address the state commissioner for housing and urban development, Ibrahim Akaje advised participationts at the workshop to “take advantage of the symposium to learn new ideas that will help in putting an end to building collapse in the country.
ALI MUHAMMAD RABIU