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The President, of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Nathaniel Atebije, has urged the federal government to consider introducing capital punishment for anyone found violating building ethics leading to building collapse.
According to the association, the death penalty for offenders will possibly scare people in the production process of buildings and make them strictly comply with extant regulations.
Atebije made the call while reacting to the incessant building collapse across the country at the quarterly press briefing of the association on Thursday, in Abuja
He said: “The pain is that many times the victims of these building collapses lose their lives. We may not know what these people who are killed during this collapse might have contributed to the economy of the country.
“People who are working on building…
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