Benue varsity subjects shoddy buildings to test

The Benue State University (BSU) in Makurdi has identified shoddy buildings that will soon undergo structural integrity test.   The four structures according to the university authorities were not reliable because they were either built with low quality materials or without planning permissions.    Chairman of the Governing Council, Professor Zachary Gundu, made this known […]

The Benue State University (BSU) in Makurdi has identified shoddy buildings that will soon undergo structural integrity test.

 

The four structures according to the university authorities were not reliable because they were either built with low quality materials or without planning permissions. 

 

Chairman of the Governing Council, Professor Zachary Gundu, made this known to newsmen in Makurdi shortly after the council’s meeting.

“We have discovered that some buildings on the campus were not constructed to last and we have identified four of such buildings to carry out an integrity check. We have contacted our technical department for advice.

“If the buildings in question are found wanting, we will pull them down and blacklist the contractor if they don’t pass the integrity test subjected to. We will also discipline our staff who supervised such buildings,” he said.

Gundu who led his team to conduct journalists around the buildings said the prototype lecture halls were constructed in 2012 and cost the university N5 million each. According to him, the council became concerned when at the beginning of this year; it got a request for the renovation of the four-year old buildings at the cost of N12 million each.

He said, “We are suspecting that it is even risky to carry out renovation on the buildings so we want to take precaution. The lives of the children we are training are important to us and we can’t risk them for some people’s irresponsible action. We want to avoid building collapse on campus and that is why we are taking necessary actions.”