Nigeria: Adamawa Ministry Staff Operate Under Trees

Daily Trust (Abuja)

27 April 2008
Posted to the web 28 April 2008

Staff of the Adamawa State Zonal Information Centre in Mubi, now operate under trees due to the lack of office accommodation.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the roof of the office complex allocated to them has been blown off, and the premises taken over by reptiles as a result of years of neglect.

With the commencement of rains, the staff relocate temporarily to the Mubi Area Social Welfare Office, anytime it rains. The Mubi Area Information Officer, Mallam Umar Bellel, told NAN that the situation had been like that for the past seven years.

He attributed the poor state of the office complex to neglect by past administrations in the state's ministry of information.

Bellel said, "Some officials of the ministry visited the area in February and promised that something would be done. It is our hope that the present government will do something about the problem of office accommodation. We need a good working environment to effectively do our job of enlightening the people of the border area on government policies and programmes."