The Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria has said that the neglect of qualified estate developers for quacks and charlatans has been primarily responsible for the frequent cases of building collapse.

Speaking at a recent press briefing, the APBN President, Akin Oyegbola, said the increasing rate of building collapse nationwide coupled with associated loss of lives, properties and valuables, is of concern to the body and also causing fear among citizens.

Oyegbola called on the appropriate agencies of government to rise up to the challenge and curb the menace.

According to him, Nigeria had gradually become infamous for incessant building collapse, with cases recorded in Lagos, Abuja and Kano recently.

He said, “You call somebody a quack when he pretends to be what he is not in any profession. If I say I’m a doctor when I’m not a doctor, I’m a quack.

“If you choose to use whoever for a particular service, and he never told you that he has any knowledge of that particular profession, then you did employ a quack.

“We are saying that the contractors don’t use us. If they use us and allow us to dispense our expertise the way we are supposed to, then we won’t have problems. A quack remains a quack. It is the original that gives rise to the fake.”