OKPOKO BUILDING COLLAPSE: ANAMBRA COMMISSIONER CONDEMNS ILLEGAL STRUCTURE, ORDERS DEMOLITION. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Okpoko Building Collapse: Ojukwu Condemns Illegal Structure, Orders Demolition ‎ ‎By Chukwuka Ugokwe ‎ ‎The Anambra State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Bar. Chijioke Ojukwu, has on Oct 8, described the collapse of a three-storey building under construction in Okpoko, Ogbaru Local Government Area, as unfortunate. ‎ ‎The incident, which occurred in the Anata Anaba area of the town, claimed the lives of a middle-aged woman and her 14-year-old daughter, amid allegations that warnings about the safety of the building had been ignored. ‎ ‎The victims, identified as Happiness Ugoagu and her daughter, Chikaima, were reportedly asleep in their bedroom when the building collapsed onto their residence. ‎ ‎Ojukwu, who visited the scene alongside officials of the ministry, alleged that substandard materials had been used in the construction. He also disclosed that a stop-work notice had previously been served on the building. ‎ ‎Describing the structure as illegal, ...

N4 MILLION WORTH OF FAKE DRUGS,SEIZED BY NAFDAC IN JIGAWA STATE.

               Today sunday,the National Agency for food and Drug Administration and Control {NAFDAC} in Jigawa said that it confiscated fake and unregistered drugs worth four million naira in the last two years.The NAFDAC  State Coordinator Mr Olaniran Olakunle,disclosed this in Dutse while presenting to newsmen some suspects allegedly arrested with fake drugs in Gwaram and Malammadori Local Government areas.Olakunle said that most of the suspects arrested with fake and counterfeit drugs during the period were in rural communities across the state.He said that fake drugs such as mixacrip tablets,herpgra,busaka,polycid and tramadol capsule were seized from some patent medicine vendors in Gwaram and Malammadori last week.The value of drugs seized from them is about N250,000.The coordinators said the suspects were being investigated to ascertain the sources of the products in order to bring the entire chain to justice.He further said that the suspects would soon be charged to court.He urged members of the public to be vigilant and patronise only registered pharmacies in their localities.

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