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SPN calls for probe of Abuja collapsed building

Olalekan Saliu by Olalekan Saliu
August 22, 2018
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SPN calls for probe of Abuja collapsed building) has blamed the refuse disposal crisis in Lagos State on the profit motive of refuse management of the government. It described the award of the contract to Visionscape under the “Cleaner Lagos Initiative” as a consolidation of the neo-liberal policies of the privatisation of refuse management that guaranteed huge profit for a few while public funds were mostly frittered away. The position of the party is contained in a statement signed by Rufus Olusesan (Chairman) and Shoyombo M.K (Publicity Secretary). “Refuse management is carried out within the context of profit and not to meet the needs of the people. No wonder refuse disposal is a big problem considering the fact that refuse heaps have doted different areas of Lagos with its attendant health hazards despite huge public resources and funds committed into waste management in Lagos State. “Some communities and many residents have not had their refuse picked for more than a month and in some cases, for more than 2 months leaving heaps of refuse that litter the neighbourhoods, yet, on monthly basis, residents pay refuse disposal fees which is being collected by the PSP or company’s agents. “Refuse remains everywhere in the state while ‘defaulters’ are taken before a special court for trial for non-payment,” the party said. It added that just less than one year of operations, Visionscape through another front company known as Standard Street Manpower Limited illegally sacked at least 20 truck drivers in June 2018. It said sweepers were paid a ridiculous wage of N18,500. The payment, the party said, was not even regular. “It is the primary responsibility of the Local Government to manage/dispose refuse. According to Section 1(h) of the Fourth Schedule of the 1999 Constitution, ‘The main function of the Local Government is the provision and maintenance of public convenience, sewage and refuse disposal.’ Hence, the Lagos State creation of LAWMA, PSP and now Visionscape is unconstitutional and is aimed at shortchanging the people/public. “The ruling elite in Lagos State has always clamoured for resource control and true federalism but at the same time deprived the local government of its independence and funding. “Besides, the local governments have been made to only exist to collect tax and levies with no responsibility to the people with the corruption at that level just like the state and the federal government,” SPN stated.
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The Socialist Party of Nigeria, SPN, has called for a probe of the situation that surrounded the building that collapsed in Abuja last week.

The building, located in Jabi area, which collapsed on Friday was said to have left one person dead and six others injured.

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In a statement issued by its secretary, Akande Daniel, the party said it learnt that the collapsed building had been abandoned for about 15 years before work started on it again recently.

“SPN, hereby, calls for probe of the collapsed building, as it was reported that the building has been abandoned for fifteen years before the work on the building resumed few months ago.

“We also call for democratic management and control of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) and the FCT Department of Development by the elected representative of workers, government officials and people in community.

“It is possible that both the collapse of the building and the disaster that emanated from it is averted, if the FCT Department of Development and Control adequately monitored the stages of building to ensure that standards are met,” the party said.

It blamed the ruling elite for not pursuing a coherent people-oriented housing policy that caters for the housing needs of all for the incessant collapse of buildings.

It said there was a housing deficit of 17 million housing units and the governments at all levels had no plan to build affordable houses for the masses, an action that the party said left mostly private developers the free hand to build for profit.

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It argued that it was in the pursuit of profit that standards and safety were usually compromised to reduce cost while government regulatory officials were often bribed to look the other way.

“To us in SPN, no amount of mortgage policy or private housing policy is capable of reviving the housing industry.

“This is because building houses will always be costly and unaffordable as long as the construction materials continue to be expensive and costly beyond what the working people can afford.

“It is in the light of this that we of SPN often call for public ownership of the industries that produces constructional materials like steel, cement etc., under a democratic control of workers and the communities in order to make the construction material cheap, affordable with a view to guarantee safety and standard.

“This is the only viable way the aspiration to ensure that houses are built on a massive scale to meet the needs of all can be guaranteed,” the party said.

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