Akwa Ibom govt to demolish illegal filling station in Uyo
(Nigeria) The Akwa Ibom Government is to demolish one
illegal filling station being constructed along Oron road in Nyong Essien area
of Uyo local government area of the state.
Mr Iniobong Essien, the state Commissioner for Environment
and Mineral Resources, disclosed this in an interview in Uyo on Monday, said
that the structure was illegal, adding that the environment was not suitable
for the filling station in the area.
``There is a petrol station coming up somewhere in Oron road
around Nyong Essien Street. We want to tell whoever is putting up the filling
station to stop it because the building has already been marked for
demolition,’’ Essien said.
He advised the owner of the station that the State
Government would not allow the structure to be erected there.
``We want to appeal to the owner that any other thing could
be suitable for the place but certainly not a filling station,’’ he said.
The commissioner also decried the habit of building on
gutters to obstruct the drains.
``Wherever you have illegal structures particularly on the
waterways, those structures will go and if the construction of the buildings
had no permit, government would not compensate the owners. We appeal to all
concerned to go and get government permit and approval for whatever buildings
they want to put up in order to avoid demolition in the future," said
Essien.
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