The Abia State Environmental Protection Agency has sealed off a two-story shopping complex located along the Umuahia – Uzuakoli road, in the State capital for showing signs of imminent collapse.
General Manager of the Agency, Eze Okwulehe while performing the exercise said the Agency will stop at nothing in ensuring the safety of residents as it concerns substandard buildings.
The General Manager warned that with the backing of a Court order, activities at the Shopping center will remain suspended until reinforcement works are completed.
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Efforts to get reactions from the occupants of the complex by ait.live was not successful as they were busy packing their wares.
Available records show that Abia State has witnessed an increased rate of building collapses in recent times.
Just last month, (June 2021), the Accident and Emergency complex of the Federal Medical Centre in Umuahia, which was under construction, collapsed though no life was lost.
(Editor: Abaje Usekwe)
