Why completing abandoned buildings for habitation is dangerous —Experts
Completing abandoned uncompleted buildings for habitation carries major safety and financial implications including structural degradation and high renovation costs. To ensure the buildings are safe for use after their completion, the issue of structural degradation and others must be adequately addresed, according to construction experts.
Poor sanitation: Lagos seals off shops at Adeniji Adele
For not keeping their business environment clean and tidy, shops at Adeniji Adele area of Lagos Island will have to remain shut until sanity is brought back to the area. The shops are located at Epe, Omididun, Thomas and Evans Streets.
FG fact-finding team storms S/East erosion sites
The Special Committee set up by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to ensure speedy completion of work on the 15 soil erosion and flood control projects in the South-East states has concluded the first phase of its assignment; with inspection visit to eight ecological projects in Imo and Anambra States.
Nigeria requires $14.2b to fix ailing infrastructure – Ezekwesili
Nigeria requires sustained expenditure of about $14.2 billion per year over the next decade to provide non-existent infrastructure and fix the ailing ones. This amount translates to about 12 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP. Currently, the country spends about $5.9 billion per year on Federal infrastructure or five percent of the country’s GDP.
Ayobo: Residents express fears as the rains start
As the 2013 rainy season gathers steam, fear has gripped residents of Ayobo and Igbo-Ilogbo, in Ipaja-Ayobo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, that the area may be isolated. Reason: the only road linking the over 10 communities in the area has been abandoned by the council authourities.
FG, states urged to mainstream climate change into infrastructural devt
Governments at all levels should properly mainstream climate change into its infrastructural development for resilience and sustainability.
