KENYAN BUILDING COLLAPSE NEAR NAIROBI KILLS SIX PEOPLE. (PHOTO).

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 Kenyan building collapse near Nairobi kills six people The collapse of an unfinished eight-storey building in Kenya has killed six people. The structure fell on Friday morning in Syokimau on the outskirts of Nairobi. Construction workers were reportedly at the site when the building’s uppermost concrete slab gave way, bringing down part of the structure, according to a preliminary report from Nairobi City County’s emergency team. The report did not establish why the slab failed. The Kenya Red Cross initially reported that three people had been rescued and one person was reported missing. TV reports later said that five people had been pulled alive from the rubble and taken to hospital. The emergency report said the number of workers present when the building fell had not been confirmed, leaving open the possibility that others were trapped. Firefighters and specialist rescue teams were continuing to search for survivors.

SOKOTO INCREASES HEALTH WORKERS’ ALLOWANCE BY 100%, SUSPENDS WATER RATES, OTHERS.{PHOTO}.

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    The Sokoto State government has increased hazard allowance for health workers in the state by 100 per cent for the months of April and May.
It also said health workers in the frontline of COVID-19 in the state would get in addition weekly allowance.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Ali Inamme disclosed this to newsmen after the Executive Council meeting held at the Government House.
The State Commissioner for Water Resources, Umar Bature, told newsmen that the state government had approved the suspension of water rate for the month of April and May across the state.
According to him, the decision was part of palliatives by the government to reduce the effects of lockdown order to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the state.
Speaking also, the state Commissioner for Finance, Abdulsamad Dasuki hinted that the state executive council also resolved to do a downward review of the 2020 budget.
“The council has in response to the global challenges, agreed to review the budget down from the initial N292bn to N153bn,” he said.
He added that all the state tertiary institutions would henceforth be entitled to 60 per cent of their revenue while the remaining 40 per cent would be credited to the state government.
The state Commissioner for Information, Isa Galadanci also spoke.
He told newsmen that the council had revoked the contract award for the construction of the deputy governor’s official residence.
Noting that the contract was awarded at the cost of N454 million and that N245 million had been paid to the contractor, Galadanci regretted that the contractor absconded from the site for over a year with only 35 per cent completion work done.Ripples
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