If Nigeria and other African countries were really serious about improving the lives of their peoples, they would invite the successful Western European countries to manage EVERY facet of their governments: police, building inspection, road construction, education, government, hospitals, etc. etc. for the next four generations. and require these Europeans to teach and train the local people how to run a nation so that poverty and corruption are not endemic! Swallow their false pride and get help!!
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@edward murphy . Sorry. Your perspective is called colonialism. It's not going to happen again.
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I have seen the exact same thing happen in Peru, Haiti, Guatemala, Ethiopia, and other places. Bribery of government officials is required in order to finish any project. Building codes are completely ignored. Inspectors actually have zero training or experience in construction. Nepotism is rampant. Workers put too much sand in the concrete mix so that it saves money but it significantly weakens every structure. Oftentimes no rebar is used.
The poor are always the ones who suffer because of incredible corruption and cheating from the ground level to the top of government. After seeing this repeated over and over, I have little hope that much will change until these countries have better governments, and that is a very difficult task. I am very sad.
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This is exactly what happens without effective building codes and enforcement, you know, regulations on business. It appears that the new luxury building will devastate it’s neighbors, who being poor have no say in their own neighborhood. Just like here in the USA but they are ham handed in covering up their corruption.
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Bless those children inside the collapsed building, and their families!
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This is the terrible but expected result when there are no regulations or the regulations are not enforced. Remember this for the next time someone is complaining about awful gummint
regulations that stifle business entrepreneurs.
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Greed. Graft. Incompetence. Willful ignorance.
The recipe for this tragedy is repeated over and over and over again.
Is Nigeria and Lagos willing to learn? Does responsible governance exist?
Not unlike our FAA's unwillingness to ground Boeing's latest, money rules.
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Where is this building? Address? Location? Some identifying information would be useful.
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Untold tragedies will continue unabated because, by every metric, Nigerian is a failed state. Rampant corruption, grossly incompetent governance has brought the country to ruination.
The utter gall of an incumbent president seeking reelection when, the press has been silent, concerning his serious health issues. He spent a good portion of his first term in London hospitals. This wouldn't have been tolerated in most democracies and he would have been forced to come clean with the citizens. Now the election outcome is being contested in court because of massive fraud. On present course the country is doomed with little or no hope for its citizens.
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May these children rest in peace
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