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Ikoyi building collapse: What lessons?

Penultimate Monday’s collapse of the high-rise building in Ikoyi is a tragedy in every ramification. For Nigeria and Lagos State, it’s a sad pointer to the awkward state of affairs, wherein birds no longer chirp like birds and rats no longer squeal like rats.

in 1949. Hear what he says among other things: “For, if it is true to say that in essence, the tragic hero is intent upon claiming his whole due as a personality, and if this struggle must be total and without reservation, then it automatically demonstrates the indestructible will of man to achieve his humanity.” Mr Osibona was said to have struggled so much to defeat the pangs of poverty.

Millers says something that every Nigerian who wants to pass judgment in the case at hand should consider, though. Here it goes: “Only the passive, only those who accept their lot without active retaliation, are “flawless…” So, which human being does not have a flaw? That is more so in a country like Nigeria where compromises have taken a life of their own. Nigeria makes it difficult for anyone to be flawless.

 

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The building had no Insurance. Unbelievable contrary to d laws that stated any building above two floors must be insured fully.Why do we like to cut corners in Nigeria? Not even exposure to the outside world will get us to play by d rules.Who approved the building?Many questions

Don't cur corners.

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