The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Saturday backed the Federal Government’s plan to acquire 30 aircraft to boost domestic operations in the aviation industry. Mr Musa Lawal, TUC’s General Secretary, told the News Agency of Nigeria...
A block of four flats located along Demonstration Road in Gwagwalada, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was on Saturday razed down by fire.
A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent who witnessed the incident reports that efforts by men of the FCT Fire Service to put out the fire which started at about 10 a.m. was abortive. Some occupants of the flat who spoke to NAN blamed the cause of the fire on one of the occupants whom they alleged left her cooker on.
The suspected, occupant however, denied the allegation, saying that she had not even opened her kitchen when the fire broke out. ``I had not even opened my kitchen this morning.
I just went across the road to buy chicken and met the house on fire on my return. ``My little baby would have been in the fire if not that I carried him with me,'' Ifeoma Amadi, the occupant, said in tears One of the occupants, simply identified as Augustus, was said to have travelled to Enugu this morning to attend his sisters` burial.
While other occupants of the building were seen salvaging a few property from their flats, everything in Augustus` room was burnt as access could not be gained into his apartment. Meanwhile, Mr Ignatius Amadi, the Caretaker of the block of flats, said that the fire started from the mattress of one of the occupants.
He alleged that the occupant may have left her phone on her mattress while charging it, adding that there may have been electricity spark somewhere.
The house, which according him, was the major source of income to the owner, was completely razed with properties worth millions of Naira. Some of the occupants of the flats said that besides their property that were burnt in the inferno, there were other valuable documents including certificates and cash. (NAN)
Akwa Ibom Government says it has set machinery in motion to tackle flooding in Uyo metropolis. Mr Etido Inyang, the Special Assistant to Akwa Ibom Governor on Technical Matters, disclosed this in Uyo on Saturday while fielding questions from newsmen on the activities of his office.
He said that the flood normally experienced in some parts of the city would soon be a thing of the past with the various interventions by the government to tackle the challenge He disclosed that contract to handle the control of flood in the city had been awarded and that work had started. “Contract has been awarded and we need two rainy seasons to really take care of the situation.
``We have taken from the House of Assembly to Tropicana, behind Tropicana and across the third ring road to Mbiakok in Nsit Ibom council area.”
He said that another major drain would be constructed from the State Secretariat to IBB Way by Women Development Centre through the third ring road and empty into Ibesikpo valley. “So there is a well articulated plan already put in place to control flood in the state capital and its environs.
``I think in all, the administration has taken the issue of flood very well. ''We have a master plan that was done by TRO & Partners and daily, we are executing that plan.
By the next two rainy seasons, you will not see any flood in Uyo and its environs,” he said. The special assistant advised citizens to stop excavating the soil near the outfalls to avoid prevent erosion inherent in such practice. Inyang explained that it was part of the plan that made Itam junction and its environs now flood free. (NAN)
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