JOS BUILDING COLLASPSE: CDHR DEMANDS IMMEDIATE COMPENSATION FOR VICTIMS, SYMPATHISES WITH FAMILIES
Sahara Weekly Reports It was a black Friday, the 12th of July, at the city of Jos, where the residents witnessed an unfortunate building collapse incident that claimed innocent lives. The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, condemns the preventable incident of collapsed building at Saint Academy School, Jos. The incident that occurred at early hours of the Friday has reportedly claimed 22 lives, mostly pupils from the school, while over 120 people are trapped.
According to the Executive Secretary of the state Emergency Management Agency, Sunday Abdu, 17 persons were confirmed dead after a rescue operation at school located at the Busa Buji community in Jos North Local Government Area of the state but in another development, CDHR gathered that the state Commissioner for Information, Musa Ashoms gave a fresh update on the sad incident, in a statement he issued on Friday night, he confirmed that the death had risen to 22 while 154 persons suffered different degrees of fatalities
According to the commissioner, the state government expresses its deepest condolences following the tragic incident. The collapse resulted in 154 fatalities and injuries, he announced. He also explained that emergency responders are currently at the scene conducting search and rescue operations.
CDHR, however, blamed the unfortunate incident on the negligence by the state government, and the school management for brutally violating the right to lives of the dead students, the educational progress of the injured and putting the remaining students under perpetual fear that their lives might not be safe under the supervision of the state agencies and officials.
The organisation demands immediate and adequate compensation for the families of the deceased by the state government while taking up the medical bills of other victims who sustained various degrees of injuries. The government should put necessary measures in place to checkmate future occurrences and build confidence among the residents and students inhabiting similar structures.
E-Signed:
Comrade Debo Adeniran,
National President CDHR Nigeria.
Comrade Idris Afees Olayinka,
National Publicity Secretary CDHR Nigeria.
