The Edo State Government has ordered the immediate removal of temporary and permanent structures built under high electricity transmission cables due to the associated health hazards.
The resolution was reached yesterday at the weekly Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Godwin Obaseki.
Briefing journalists after the meeting, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Mr. Paul Ohonbamu, said, “The radiation from high tension electricity lines has been linked to cancer, and there is also imminent danger of electrocution and incineration.’’
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He said adequate sensitization campaigns would be carried out to ensure that members of the public complied with the safety rule.
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