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Akinsola Olufemi

May 2, 2022

Many trapped as three-storey building collapses in Lagos

“Almost 95 per cent of construction done in Lagos aree done without soil test. No matter what you are constructing, do a soil test.”

Photos from collapsed building (Credit: Adebola Ajayi/Peoples Gazette)
April 27, 2022

95% of Lagos buildings at risk of collapse, expert warns

This is so, Mr Olufemi noted, because the buildings were constructed without soil tests.

dilapidated Lagos building

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