Niger Delta
Three Die In Collapsed Building
Three people died on Saturday when a three-story building under construction collapsed, and trapped 15 others working there.
According to an eyewitness account, the building, meant to be an attachment to Uyi grand hotel and suites, located on Otaru road in Auchi, Edo State collapsed in the early hours of Saturday, trapping some workers who were sleeping in the building.
The Area Planning Officer in Auchi, Mr Egualeoma Mathew, while speaking with newsmen, ascribed the disaster to substandard materials and poor design, adding that the builder contravened the approved plan.
“A storey building was approved for the builder recently; I wonder why they erected a three-storey building,” he said.
Egualeoma, who said the building lacked total supervision on the part of the site engineer, advised contractors and site engineers to always attach importance to adequate supervision in order to avoid disasters.
Recounting his experience, one of the survivors, who gave his name as Sunday, said: “I only heard heavy noise when I was making calls, I don’t know what happened next.’’
Niger Delta
Tai Agric Sector Gets Emergency Attention …As Chairman Distributes Farm Inputs, Inaugurates Technical Team

The Chairman of Tai Local Government Council of Rivers State, Hon. Matthew Nenu Bari Dike has declared a state of emergency in the agriculture sector of Tai local government.
Speaking while distributing farm implements and other agricultural support packages to the farmers at the council’s headquarters in Saakpenwa, yesterday, Dike challenged farmers to show their farms before requesting for financial assistance.
The council boss stated that as a government, they were committed to putting smiles on the faces of the people and assured that his administration would ensure that every person in the local government is happy.
“As a government we want to assure you that, we will stop at nothing to ensure you all are empowered and living happily”.
According to him, “the gesture is aimed at enhancing food production and security through agriculture, and enjoined all lovers of agriculture in the local government area to identify with the quest to redefine development through agriculture in the local government.
He encouraged everyone to cultivate the passion and return to agriculture, to guarantee self-reliance, maximum food production and security in the area.
His administration, he said, would purchase more yam seedlings in order to get greater production to encourage exportation beyond the shores of Nigeria.
“A boost in yam production will also empower farmers in the Local Government Area”, the elated chairman said.
In a related development, the Chairman has inaugurated a five, member Agricultural Technical Committee for the Local Government Area.
The committee is made up of Pst. Anderson Wariboko, Barr. Paul Newman,, Smith Nyor-Ue, Gladys Jumbo and Dr Keke Rammyson
Also speaking, the Director of Agriculture, Tai Local Government Area, Mr Anderson Wariboko revealed that the event was part of activities to mark the chairman’s 100 days in office.
Wariboko who led the chairman, and other leaders of the council on the distribution of the farm inputs to the farmers, was full of praises for the chairman, Hon. Dike whom he said has the interest of the people at heart.
Kiadum Edookor
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