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Adopt Approved Building Code, Says RSG
In a bid to check the menace of collapse building in the state, the Rivers State Government has urged stakeholders in the building industry to partner government in sensitising property developers on the need to adopt the approved building code.
The Rivers State Commissioner for Housing, Marshall Stanley Uwom gave the charge on Tuesday while addressing stakeholders in his office in Port Harcourt.
According to him, it is the responsibility of the ministry to formulate and implement housing policies for the state and has provided a building code that stipulates bench marks and minimum acceptable standards in building pre-design, construction and post construction stages of all housing/building construction projects.
The state code, he said is in line with the National Building Code which was adopted in January 2006 and launched by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007.
He said the need for the code arose following the inflow of quacks in the building industry, use of substandard materials, poor supervision at the construction sites, greed, lack of adherence to standards, lack of professionalism and ignorance of the regulatory Building Code.
The commissioner assured that the code, when implemented, would regulate standards and building framework, noting that it has become imperative for empowerment and stakeholders in the building and construction industry to form synergy to create the required public awareness, also sensitise the public and stakeholders in the task ahead, as this present government believe in consultation and stakeholder participation.
He commended the work carried out by the Committee on the Rivers State Building Code.
The chairman of the committee on Building Code Barr. Ovunda Orji announced that there will be a stakeholders conference by next year on building. The aim, he said, is to collate ideas and contributions for achieving a standard building code for the state.
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