Anambra Deputy Speaker constructs drainage channels for 230 Buildings in Awka

Titus Maduako Eleweke

Deputy Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly Nze Pius Okoye has intervened in flood erosion threatening 230 buildings in Amawbia Awka South local government area.


Two private schools and a three-star hotel are among the buildings being threatened by the flood erosion.
The erosion menace had almost swept away five schoolchildren but the speedy intervention of residents in the area created an ugly situation.
Inspecting the construction of drainages and the earth road in the area, the Deputy Speaker expressed worries over the challenges being faced by residents in the area for about five years.

He noted that with the construction of the water channels and the road over 230 buildings would be saved from flood erosion.

"This used to be a road to the farmlands in those days before people started building and the level of flood in this area is so much that it overfloods most buildings and we have a hill behind here that is capable of turning into a gully erosion as a result of the flooding "

"But with what we are doing now those days of fear and apprehension would be a thing of the past and the road would be more motorable compared with what was the case before now" he said

Okoye further explained that the road would be provided with security architecture given its boundary with the Nise community to avert crimes and criminalities.

He expressed gratitude to Gov Charles Soludo for all the assistance he has so far provided for the project to take off in earnest.

Recently the Deputy Speaker had made financial donations towards the mounting and commissioning of a new transformer in the area and urged the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company EEDC to expedite action on the project.

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