In response to the building collapse that occurred at Ifoh layout, Abakpa Nike area of Enugu on June 19, the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has donated relief materials to the victims and their family members.
The items donated to the victims included bags of rice, corn, beans, garri, and cartons of toilet soap, tomatoes paste and groundnut oil, as well as bags of salt, mosquito nets and mats among others.
Chinasa Mbah, Head Relief Materials in the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) who made the disclosure said that the victims which includes seven families and 22 children lost all their valuables but no life was lost.
One of the victims and a nursing mother, Mrs Juliana Ugwu thanked the governor for the gesture and prayed God to bless him.
She said: “That night, around 7pm, I was about to bath my two-weeks-old baby. I had brought out the things I was going to use to bath her when I heard a crack outside.
“I told my husband. So, he went outside and saw it was the blocks of the house that cracked, neighbours also heard the noise and came out.
“They raised the alarm that everybody should come outside the building; it was not up to ten minutes we ran outside that the house started sinking and eventually collapsed.”
A neighbour, Dr Fred Iloh, who sheltered some of the victims, thanked Gov. Mbah for reaching out to them. He also thanked all those who supported the victims so far, and urged them to provide accommodation for the victims.
Iloh attributed the cause of the collapse to lack of drainage and poor structure, and advised property owners to always provide good drainage system and avoid building on waterways.
(NAN)