Nigeria: Ebonyi Collapsed Building - Contractors Risked Seven Year Imprisonment If Says NSE

22 June 2012

Abakaliki — NIGERIA Society of Engineers, NSE, Ebonyi State chapter yesterday said if it was discovered that the contractors and engineers of the collapsed building at Mater Miserecondia Hospital in Afikpo local government area of Ebonyi State, compromised standards, they would be prosecuted.

Chairman of the State Chapter of NSE, Engr. Nwali Etche, warned that they risked seven years imprisonment if found guilty of violating laid down standards in building construction.

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