Following a collapsed school building which left 22 pupils writing their exams dead and 150 others injured in Jos Friday, the Plateau State Government has urged it’s citizens to donate blood to save lives of those still on danger list.
The two storey school building came down in the Busa Buji area of Jos North Local Government Area, the injured pupils and staff are on admissions on various hospitals in the the State capital.
Plateau State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Ibrahim Musa Ashoms, said members of the public for humanity sake donate blood at major and government hospitals in the city.
The State governor Caleb Muftwang who visited the site of the collapse school Saturday lamented that the building was poorly constructed, adding that it sheer negligence.
” Whoever built this school, did not do well. I am not a technical person but all I can see on this debris is sand,” said governor Muftwang.
‘ It is a two-storey building as a layman, I know there has to be a proper mixture of sand and cement but what I can see here is pure sand.
“You have endangered the lives of innocent children for no reason. We can’t continue like this, it is no longer time to spend time praying against demons and Satan, this is human negligence.
“We cannot allow this school to function for the parents, it is unfortunate what has happened but what it means is that this school is closed down immediately.
“We can’t take any further chances and we need to send this message particularly the owners of private schools the drive for profit must not overshadow the safety of lives so we taking steps immediately to do a technical audit of all the schools. We will test their structural integrity to ensure human beings can habit such buildings.”
“We are setting up a committee to investigate this incident and bring in building professionals to investigate this and anyone found culpable will face the wrath of the law. This is why we signed Executive Order 003 to bring sanity into the environment.
“When we insist that some building be demolished, we are not wicked, we are concerned about the safety of lives. When we see buildings on waterways, in marshy places, we will bring them down. We can’t afford to have this kind of mishap again.
“May God grant the parents of the deceased the fortitude to bear the loss and grant the injured a quick recovery.”
