Some victims of the building that recently collapsed at Garki village in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have commended the minister of the territory, Mr
Mr Abdullahi Modibbo who is receiving treatment at Asokoro District Hospital said he had not paid money following the minister’s gesture.
“I am happy with the prompt response of government agencies who evacuated us and took us to hospital for treatment, and now they have offered to pay all our bills. I am truly grateful,” he said. “This is good news knowing that my bill will be paid by the government. I am grateful for the support,” he said.“We were having a conversation when one of our friends alerted us that the building was about to collapse. We dashed to escape but we were too late. The building collapsed while we were still on the first floor, and I survived with a fracture,” he said.
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