Nigeria: Why We Demolished Catholic Church - Kano Govt - AllAfrica.com

Mansur Sani MalamKano

Kano State authorities have explained that the constructions of the Jesus the King Catholic Church, were demolished by the Kano State Urban Planning Development Agency (KANUPDA) because the Church functionaries refused to get Certificate of Occupancy before commencing building.

Explaining this to news work force during a fourth estate briefing, managing manager of KANUPDA, Dayyabu Zubairu Gano, said the impermanent construction of the Christian church at Na'ibawa inch Kumbotso local authorities was removed, after serving them a notice four calendar months ago, advising them to turn out its legitimacy or take it within time.

He added that at a meeting of assorted stakeholders on March 5, 2008, involving the issue, portion of the declaration was that KANUPDA must guarantee the demolishing of the construction in conformity with the proviso of the law.

Dayyabu Gano explained that the federal agency wrote a missive on March 27, 2008 career the attending of the proprietors of the church, to remember the declarations of the meeting and the former notice in order to do agreement to unclutter their structures, or else the authorization according to him, will have got no option than to take concluding action.

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He stated that a seven twenty-four hours notice was also given to the Christian church officials, before they sent a missive on the March 31, 2008, pleading on the issue at interest afterwhich the authorization of KANUPDA advised them further as appropriate. He added that the remotion exercising was not carried out earlier, owed to the pleading made by the Christian Christian Christian church officials.

The mendelevium said adequate information and notice was already served to the Church that it is illegal for them to raise the structures, because there is no grounds of issue of the Certificate of Occupancy to them.

A beginning from the church alleged that functionaries of the church have got for over 10 old age applied for the Certificate of the Occupancy, but were not granted by the state government.