ANAMBRA TO GO AFTER HOUSES WITHOUT PROPER DRAINAGE IN ORDER TO COMBAT EROSION . (PHOTO).
Anambra to go after houses without proper drainage in order to combat Erosion Worried by the rising menace of gully erosion, the Anambra State Government has threatened to enforce regulations requiring residents to provide proper drainage for storm water from their homes. The State Executive Council (ANSEC), which announced the proposed enforcement, lamented that erosion remains an existential challenge in Anambra, blaming the situation on careless actions by some communities and lapses by regulatory bodies in enforcing environmental laws. Briefing journalists after the weekly executive council meeting, the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, said it had been observed that some residents channel storm water from their homes directly onto roads, where it accumulates and worsens the erosion crisis across the state. “ANSEC has resolved to step up enforcement to compel residents to properly channel and manage storm water from their houses. Communities are also expected ...
A statement in Port Harcourt by Ahmad Muhammad,the State Police Command Public Relations Officer,PPRO said ''Their rescue came on the heels of the timely and actionable information received from a patriotic citizen who saw when the duo while in transit near Elebrada junction along East-West toad were stopped by armed men and forcefully dragged into the nearby bush,abandoning the victim's Toyota Highlander SUV by the roadside.Quick response to the information by policemen and subsequent combing of the forest led to gun duel with the suspected kidnappers were gunned down while their other co-traveller escaped.The victims according to them,were on their way to Lagos''.The victim's vehicle,two locally made pistols and two objects suspected to be charms were recovered after the rescue operation.
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