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FG Rescues Abia Community From Erosion Menace May 30, 2018 5:04 by alfanio(m): 8:59pm On Jul 14, 2018 |
UMUAHIA—SUCCOUR has come the way of
erosion ravaged Amachara community, Umuahia
South Council of Abia State, as the Federal
Government, last week, commissioned a N400
million flood erosion control project built to check
the menace of rampaging erosion problem in the
community.
The massive erosion project was attracted by the
member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal
Constituency, Chief Sam Onuigbo through the
Ecological Fund Office and handled by the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
According to Onuigbo: “There are still over 40
massive erosion sites within Ikwuano/Umuahia
Federal Constituency that need urgent attention.
The topography of our place is such that one of
the greatest ecological challenges is erosion and
this has continued to affect farming, development
projects and even led to displacement of people
from time to time.”
While commending the Federal Government for
allocating two projects that cost the Federal
Government over N700 million, the Federal
lawmaker called for more assistance to rescue
his constituents.
Speaking at the commissioning ceremony, the
Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator
Heineken Lokpobiri, who represented President
Muhammadu Buhari, explained that the project
was one of the 26 projects approved by the
President in the first quarter of 2017,as part of the
intervention initiated by the Federal Government
to check flood and erosion in the community.
“The president gave approvals based on
availability of funds to tackle some of the
ecological problems, but this time, in 2017,
amongst the 1000 ecological problems we had
across the country, Abia was the only state that
had two.
“These ecological funds projects are very
important, these are the only projects that the
President personally approves which means that
the problems in Umuahia South were specifically
brought to the attention of the President and he
decided to solve them by giving approval”,
Lokpobiri said.
He expressed joy at the conception and timely
completion of the project, saying it is in line with
the promise of this administration not to neglect
any part of the country regardless of its
geographical location or party affiliation.
He promised that the Federal Government would
ensure that other erosion site projects across the
country are completed for the benefit of our
people as the projects would enhance the living
standard of the people of these communities and
environs.
“It will also check the risk to life and property
associated with erosion and persistent flooding;
the socio-economic outlook and general well-
being of the people will also be enhanced by this
intervention.
“It is on this note that I urge you to cherish this
laudable project by preventing indiscriminate
dumping of refuse in the drainage and take
responsibility to own and maintain the project by
ensuring its sustainability”, the Minister urged.
In his remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Cabinet
Affairs Office, Mrs. Georgina Ehuriah, who
represented the Secretary to the Government of
the Federation, Boss Mustapha, noted that the
commissioning and handover of the project to the
benefiting community was expected to achieve a
dual purpose of enabling the host community to
take over and exercise ownership over the
project, to ensure its care and sustainability and
to ensure that the resources the Federal
Government committed to this project are not
allowed to waste.
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Re: FG Rescues Abia Community From Erosion Menace May 30, 2018 5:04 by amaniro: 9:00pm On Jul 14, 2018 |
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