Reps to investigate Onitsha fire outbreak
By OakTV
31 October 2019 |
6:00 am
The House of Representatives has resolved to mandate its Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the recent fire outbreak in Onitsha, Anambra State.
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