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We will demolish buildings close to power installations – TCN

By on March 13, 2014
The Board of the Transmission Company of Nigeria has warned that it would demolish structures within close range to high-powered electricity installations across the country.
It has also warned those erecting residential buildings around its electricity installations, both power stations and transmission sub-stations  to cease doing so with immediate effect.
The Board issued this warning on Wednesday, during an inspection tour of the Enugu Region of the TCN.
Chairman of the TCN Board and former governor of Ebonyi State, Dr. Sam Egwu, led other members of the Board on the inspection tour.
He expressed shock that people could risk their lives and that of their family members by living very close to electricity sub-stations and other high-powered installations.
Responding to questions from journalists on buildings close to the Onitsha sub-station, in Anambra State, Dr. Egwu said, “It’s not only here we have observed this, we saw it in Port-Harcourt.”
He said, “In fact, there is a sub-station where an individual built his residence inside the premises of TCN, but that is the problem we have in this country.
“We blame government for most problems, yet we cause trouble for ourselves. Otherwise, why should a normal human being risk the life of his entire family by building a residential building close to high power installations, sometimes under high-tension wire?”
 He said, “Look at buildings very close to this sub-station; they are not supposed to be built here, but they have decided to defy instructions and build their structures, residential buildings for that matter.
“So, this is a situation we have found and as a Board. We are going to look at it and we believe that we are going to take an action that will not be palatable to those who have flouted the laws of the land.”
The former Ebonyi State governor was alarmed by the level of decay in the Enugu region.
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