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A seasoned engineer, Chief Bamidele Anjorin Babatunde, has called for a new synergy and creative thinking by the government in tackling the poor infrastructure and dilapidated roads that are scattered all over the country
The Chief Executive Director of Glister Success Ltd, who frowned at the regular occurrence of building collapse cases in Nigeria, said that some human factors which includes incompetence by the contractors, builders, and greed in order to save cost and cut corners at the detriment of quality and standard material applications, causing these avoidable calamities.
He lamented that the regulators are the worst culprits because with ‘under-table’ bargains, a lot of structures are approved and erected with sub-standard materials adding that roads that are completed and commissioned across the country usually begin to earn “deplorable” status two to three years after completion
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Babatunde explained that the roads constructed by the regional leaders in the year 60’s and early 70’s, are still very solid because of the standard of materials used, noting that the team regulators were also patriots, and did everything to ensure Nigerians got the best.
“Moreover, the pressure on Nigeria’s roads is enormous, hence there is no more weight limit on the roads, where maximum weight on some major highways should not exceed more than 30MT, you see some haulage trucks loading in excess of 50MT and above. This has been causing a lot of damages on the roads. ”
“A good maintenance culture is the panacea for a durable road network, but unfortunately, we do not have such in this part of the world.”
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