The government of Nigeria has flagged off the Ezemazu Urualla Gully Erosion control project at Urualla in Ideato North Local Government Council of Imo state.
The project which is being constructed at a cost of US $24m, will be supervised by Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), while a reputable Construction Company, Arab Contractors will handle the project.
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Speaking during the launch ceremony, Governor Ihedioha said that his administration had paid US $13,000 counterpart funding to Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), an agency of the World Bank, under the Federal Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, to bring lasting solutions to the problems of erosion in the state and open doors for development partners.
“The erosion project is the biggest of all the works NEWMAP is doing in Nigeria. The Community and the people must consider themselves lucky for having a governor that is interested in bringing projects home. For more than 8 years we have had this golly erosion site and in less than two months, the project has been flagged off. That for us is a mark of leadership,” said Governor Ihedioha.
“We are in a hurry to redevelop Imo state and we will stop at nothing to restore the glory days of the state. Records available to us suggest that huge amount of money was mapped out by the previous administration to remedy the menace of erosion in Idea to north and other places, sadly but unsurprisingly, the projects were not carried out and the funds were not accounted for, leaving the residents at the mercy of flooding for the past five years,” he added.
