,,,,Assembly fumes, calls for investigation, relief materials.
By David Okpashi in Lafia.
Nasarawa State House of Assembly, on Monday, faulted the alleged demolition of many houses in Angwan Sadi community, Kokona Local Government Area by some people claiming that the land over which the community was established belonged to them.
Consequently, the House has urged the state government to investigate the issue and ensure that the perpetrators were brought to book as well as provide relief materials to residents of the community .
The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, gave the directive during a deliberation on a matter of Public importance brought by¯before the House by Hon. Daniel Ogah Ogazi, a member representing Kokona East Constituency during the House proceedings in Lafia.
” It is very sad, unfortunate as some people are heartless. “Anybody that knows God and blood runs in his vein, he will be touched with what the people of Angwan Sadi are going through, ” the speaker.
“The House is disheartened and condemn the act,we urge the state government to urgently provide relief materials for the community to cushion the effect of the demolition. We also urge the state government to urgently investigate the matter and bring the culprits to book to serve as deterrent to others” he said.
He sympathized with the people of Angwan Sadi over the unfortunate and inhuman attitudes of some people.
The Speaker assured that the House would ensure that justice is done on the matter in the interest of peace and development.
In their separate contributions, Hon Danladi Jatau, Hon Musa Ibrahim, Hon Jacob Kudu, Hon Muhammad Oyanki, Hon Peter Akwe, Rt. Hon Abel Bala, Hon Larry Ven-Bawa and Hon Suleiman Azara supported Hon Ogazi’s motion.
They said that the alleged demolition of the community was inhuman and called for full investigation of the issue.
The legislators also said that the demolition of the houses had affected many lives, education and other aspects of life of the people of the community negatively.
Earlier, Hon Daniel Ogah Ogazi, member representing Kokona East Constituency while raising the issue on the matter of public importance, said that the people of Angwan Sadi had been rendered homeless due to the demolition of their houses by some people whom hr claimed that the land belonged to them.
” Mr Speaker and my Hon. colleagues, it was on 15 to 17th September, 2023 that Angwan Sadi community of Kokona LGA was demolished by some people.
” The people of the community said that on that day, they woke up and see security personnel and bulldozer that somebody directed them to demolish the community that the land belonged to them.
” Mr Speaker and Honourable colleagues, this community has been in existence for over 300 years, the records are there for everybody to see, ” he said.
The lawmaker said that two people of the community died as a result of the demolition.
Ogazi urged his colleagues to support him to enable the state government provide relief materials and shelter to the affected community in order to improve on their standard of living.
He added that the people of the community were taking refuge in different parts of Kokona local government,adding that some insisted they would remain in the community and died there.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
