Omo, you fit believe this? Fire don catch the 25-storey Great Nigeria Insurance building wey dey for Lagos Island, and the fire no wan gree cool down since December 24, Christmas Eve! Na serious matter be this, my people!

The Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG) don dey shout for Lagos say this fire wahala no be just part of the festive season, but serious warning sign about how we dey care for fire safety for our buildings. Dem gather talk say na systemic failure dey cause this repeated disaster. E no be like say na only one building get problem, plenty buildings dey face this fire hazard!

Dem visit the GNI building for Martins Street come see say the structure don dey raze. Fire fighters dey struggle to put an end to this inferno, and na so Nnamdi Azikiwe, Gbajumo, and others dey catch chaos. Picture am – fire dey burn while concrete dey fall, and people dey run for their lives. This one na movie wey nobody wan see!

As if that one no reach, the building don even begin dey collapse small small! People don dey worry about safety. Weyrey, the BCPG even express their sorrow for the families wey don lose loved ones and properties for this sad time wey suppose be festive!

Dem drop facts say many high-rise buildings for Lagos don turn warehouse, converting offices to hold plenty combustible materials. Na wetin dey make fire dey catch these buildings. The guild dey call for government action sharp sharp make dem regulate the usage of these buildings make fire safety control no go be play play matter again.

BCPG no just stop there o! Dem remind everybody that this no be the first time wey high-rise for Lagos dey catch fire. GNI House don face two serious fires before. Dem paint the picture say for 2013, the thing start, then Financial Trust House catch fire for 2014 – the matter dey repeat like bad song!

Dem call on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu make he do something quick. The guild don suggest make Lagos State government set up way to modernize firefighting, enforce safety standards, and investigate this GNI building fire, so everybody fit see wetin dey happen.

We dey talk say na only this year wey we fit see the action wey go change things for Lagos Island. Dem propose make every high-rise building undergo proper safety audit within 90 days – if no safety, no occupancy! Penalties go dey for landlords wey no follow fire codes make everywhere dey safe for everybody.

Na real time this be! Lagos wey don dey face serious wahala, the BCPG don talk say make Lagos government follow through with this fire insurance law, so buildings go maintain insurance before dem fit operate. Omo, we go stand by the fire safety fund too! E must dey allocate money for fire training and infrastructure.

No be only task of the fire fighters again – everybody suppose dey involved. We go continue to dey follow this gist; make we see how this one go end. Our people deserve better pass this fire palava!