Assembly complex collapse kills one, injures seven in Gombe 

The Gombe State Government has ordered an contiguous probe into the illness of a conception of the entranceway canopy astatine the ongoing operation tract of the caller Gombe State House of Assembly Complex.

The incident, which occurred on Friday, claimed 1 beingness and near 7 operation workers injured.

In a connection issued by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works, Housing and Transportation, Danladi Adamu, the authorities said the illness progressive a conception of the cantilevered entranceway canopy that was nether construction. It added that 5 of the injured workers are receiving attraction astatine the Gombe State Specialist Hospital, portion 2 others are being treated astatine the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH), Gombe.

The authorities besides directed that each injured workers beryllium fixed broad aesculapian attraction astatine the government’s expense. It further directed the Ministry of Works, Housing and Transportation, alongside applicable emergency, regulatory and method agencies, to instantly commence information and accountability procedures to find the...