According to the report, "Akwa Ibom State governor, Udom Emmanuel, has explained why he attended the ill-fated Reigners Bible Church.
Emmanuel said, though some had also questioned his rationale for going to the church, but he had no regret because his presence in the church was DIVINELY ARRANGED."
Pray, when does a governor or indeed a private citizen need a justification or is it approval for going to a church or indeed a mosque? The above explanation, which is uncalled for, is the most stupid postscript to this sad story of an engineering failure made more unfortunate by the human tragedy involved. And the governor had the temerity to add the notion of The Divine Will. There is absolutely no need for that. He should stick to aleviating the pains of the bereaved and wounded while the regulators in the engineering and building industry are allowed and prodded to do a proper forensic investigation to avert future occurence.
PS: Those who have never been professionally involved in Failure Analysis, may find it difficult to understand that a structure made almost entirely of steel could be both faulty and weak. That is why the Reverend gentlemen must stay out of engineering specifications. The Synagogue was one failure too many. And now this!
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