RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT TO EMBARK ON DEMOLITION OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES AS TO RETURN PORT HARCOURT TO ITS GARDEN CITY STATUS.

As part of activities to return Port Harcourt to its Garden City Status, the Rivers State Government has embarked on demolition of illegal structures in some parts of the State Capital.

Speaking during the demolition exercise, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Austen Ben-Chioma said that, the exercise was to get rid of all illegal structures in the State Capital and its immediate environs.

Austen stated that, the state government would not rest on its oars in ensuring that the city regained its Garden City Status warning that anyone who returns to the cleared areas will be arrested and prosecuted.