Some victims of the building that collapsed on Wednesday in Abuja, have commended the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for settling their medical bills.
A two-storey building located at Lagos Street, Garki Village collapsed on Wednesday, killing two with 37 others evacuated to different hospitals for treatment.
Mr Wike, who visited the scene on Thursday directed the Federal Capital Territory Administration to settle all the medical bills of the victims, receiving treatment in different hospitals in the FCT.
Responding to the gesture, the victims said that they were well taken care of since the minister’s declaration that their medical bills would be paid by the government.
They stated this when government officials, led by Malan Haruna, the acting secretary of the health and human services secretariat, Federal Capital Territory Administration visited them in hospitals on Saturday.
One of the victims, Abdullahi Modibbo, receiving treatment at Asokoro District Hospital, Abuja, said he has not paid any amount following the minister’s declaration.
Mr Modibbo thanked the minister for the support, which he described as “life-saving”, adding that health workers were taking very good care of him.