The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has ordered the mobilisation of immediate emergency response towards rescue operations at the site of the 21-storey building which collapsed on Monday in Lagos while still under construction.
A statement Tuesday, said the minister, Sadiya Umar Farouq, expressed grief at the incident which occurred at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi.
She sympathized with the people and government of Lagos state over the tragic incident.
The minister also directed immediate mobilisation of NEMA team from the Lagos Territorial Office to assist with the rescue operations at the site.
“This is tragic. I sympathize with the Lagos state government and families of people still trapped inside the rubble.
“We have mobilized immediate rescue operations through the NEMA Team from the Lagos Territorial Office to team up with the state SEMA,” the statement said.
It added that NEMA had also facilitated mobilisation of response involving heavy duty equipment for rescue operations and security for crowd control.
“We pray that through the rescue operatives still on ground at the site, many of those trapped will be rescued”.
About five persons were pronounced dead in the collapsed high-rise building while many are still feared trapped in the rubble.
source: thisday live
