Kingsley U.N. Chikwendu —
The Director-General of the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI), Engr. Prof. Samson Duna last weekend was at the site of a three storey building collapse that claimed a life and left many injured in Kano state. The building was still under construction at the popular GSM Market, along Beirut Road, Kano.
He sympathized with the victims and set up a team of professionals drawn from various professional bodies, including the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), NBRRI staff and other relevant agencies to investigate and come up with a technical document on the cause of the building collapse.