Many persons were on Saturday injured as the roof of an event centre used for a burial ceremony reception collapsed at Ijero Ekiti in the Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
Crux News gathered that the popular building that was hosting a burial reception had a section of it collapse on guests, resulting in life-threatening injuries.
The lawmaker representing the Ijero state constituency, Ademola Ojo, who said no life was lost in the incident, said it took the quick intervention of spirited individuals to rescue victims from the rubble to avert fatalities.
The state deputy governor, Monisade Afuye, during her visit to the victims at Ijero General Hospital saying she personally deemed the accident very disturbing and saddening.
She explained that the governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has directed all the agencies of government to ensure that all public buildings of that nature are supervised and certified at every stage to avoid unwarranted fatalities.
The deputy governor said the incident could have been averted if proper building scrutiny and compliance with specifications were carried out by government agencies, warning that situations like that shouldn’t be allowed to reoccur in the state.
She assured the people that the government would map out strategies to make Emergency Management Equipment available in all the local governments to respond to any alarming situation.