Benue State government declares state of emergency on infrastructure

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The Benue State Executive Council has declared a state of emergency on infrastructure in the state and approved the demolition of all illegal structures, including those on waterways in the state. Speaking to newsmen at the end of the State's Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, the Commissioner for Works and Housing, Tiza Imojime said the

Council also frowned at the collapse of a church building in the state capital and the attendant death of a pastor in the tragedy. He said the Council approved that all structures within the state that have failed the structural integrity test, as well as those built on waterways, be demolished, explaining that the decision is to ensure the protection of lives and property.

The Commissioner further added that the exco also directed the Ministry of Cooperatives, Rural and Urban Development, Works and Housing as well as that of Lands, Survey and Solid Minerals, to carry out an integrity test on the collapsed church building with the aim of ascertaining the cause of the collapse to enable the government to make an informed decision.

 

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