Being the Keynote Address delivered by Femi Falana SAN at the 2018 Builders Congress under the auspices of the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria, held at Abuja from November 26-28, 2018
Introduction
In view of the incessant building collapse in the country the theme of this year’s congress, “Standardisation and Innovative Technologies in Nigeria’s construction industry” could not have come at a more opportune time than now. As we are gathered here, the National Emergency Management Agency and the Rivers state government are involved in the evacuation of not less than a hundred people who are said to be trapped in the rumbles of a collapsed 7-storey building in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
While we are full of prayers for the trapped victims of the collapsed building we are compelled to call on the government and the Council of Registered…
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