PRESIDENT BUHARI INAUGURATES EROSION CONTROL FLOOD PROJECT IN ABIA

Reporter : LAWRENCE NWOKEDI

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration’s commitment to ensure that no part of the country will suffer neglect owing to its geographical location or political inclination.

President Buhari made this known in a message to the inauguration and hand over of the Erosion and Flood Control Project as well as road rehabilitation at Oghjghe Uruala Ohukabi in Oguduasa Isukwuato Local Government Area of Abia State.

The project was one of the twenty ecological intervention projects approved by President Buhari for the first quarter of 2020 and specifically designed to address the challenges of soil erosion in the area.

Inaugurating the project, President Muhammadu Buhari who was represented by the Deputy Chief Whip House of Representatives and member representing Isukwuato Umunneochi Federal Constituency, Mrs. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, said the successful completion of project would not only better the safety and well-being of the citizens of the surrounding communities but would also improve their standard of living.

The President noted that the project would provide ample opportunities for socio-economic growth to members of the communities.

The Permanent Secretary, Ecological Fund Office Abuja, Dr. Habiba Lawal, represented by a Director in Ecological Fund, Mr. Clinton Igwe, pointed out that the handover of the project to the benefitting communities would serve the dual purpose of enabling the communities to take over and exercise ownership as well as to ensure its maintenance and sustainability. Some indigenes of the host communities in an interview with Radio Nigeria, expressed joy for the project and commended President Buhari and Mrs. Onyejeocha for coming to their aid as the road had impassable. The Erosion Control Project would provide the enabling environment for enhanced socio-economic activities amongst benefitting communities in the state.