It said: "A stateofemergency has been declared for December 7th due to heavy rains and an industrial accident that occurred during the night of December 6th.
Last month, the House of Representatives called on the Federal Government to declare a stateofemergency in the sector and allocate significant votes to it in the 2024 budget.
The Federal Government has concluded plans to declare a stateofemergency in education sector across the 36 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The declaration has been slated for April 2018.
Ohanaeze said declaring a stateofemergency would send a strong signal to the Southeast governors, who would now be compelled to find a lasting solution to the order.
Tiamiyu said that plans were in place to procure more emergency response equipment to serve some LASEMA centres that were presently under construction in different parts of the state.
The North East Coordinator of NEMA, Mallam Mohammed Kanar, during the flag-off of the distribution/presentation of relief items to officials ofStateEmergency Management Agency, SEMA, for onward delivery to IDPs in the state yesterday disclosed
He said that the declaration of a stateofemergency was in line with the Tinubu administration's position on ensuring that the most vulnerable are supported.
Inset: Before Men of the Federal, state Fire Services and Rescue Team and men of Lagos StateEmergency Management Agency, LASEMA, are currently at the scene of the incident to rescue those trapped.
At a time like this, when Education & Healthcare in Nigeria are in a stateofEmergency.. they earmarked N37Billion to renovate their office building. Shame on us for letting them get away with it. This is SICK.