Also, helicopter crash, and infrastructure news
We start the bulletin at this hour with the latest from the coroner's inquest into the Ikoyi collapse building,
The Managing Director of Prowess Engineering, Muritala Olawale, said the initial brief his firm received was for three blocks of four-storey buildings.
He said his client kept revising the brief by adding more floors, adding that his team was only responsible for the first four floors of the 21-storey Block B that collapsed.
The structural engineer noted that when he realized that standard construction procedures were not being observed on the site, his company withdrew via a letter dated February 20, 2020
Further hearing in the inquest has been adjourned to February 4, 2022.
Now, let’s tell you that Nigeria, under the All Progressives Congress, has achieved what the United States is struggling with in terms of infrastructure.
This is according to the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. He made this known while speaking in Kano on Thursday during the “APC conversation series” which is part of the ruling party’s initiative to create awareness of its achievements in the last seven years.
Fashola was referring to the infrastructure bill of the Biden Administration which is being stalled by the U.S. Senate.
The minister said presently, there are 850 ongoing projects under his ministry, including roads and bridges construction as well as houses in 34 states of the country.
And lastly, here is some update on yesterday’s police helicopter crash, the Accident Investigation Bureau has appealed to the public to assist its investigation of the crash by providing video clips, evidences or information about the incident.
The AIB’s request, contained in a statement on Thursday, comes as the police say the aircraft was only involved in a controlled “safe-landing”.
Both agencies, however, agree that all the six passengers on board the aircraft made it out alive, albeit with injuries.
