The Governor of Delta
State Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has urged the contractors handling the Okpanam
drainage project to re-double efforts towards ensuring a speedy completion of
the project so as to minimise the effects of erosion and flooding in the state
capital, Asaba.
Governor Okowa
stated this yesterday (25/6/15) when he inspected the Okpanam drainage,
waterways, and discharge points in the State Capital Territory.
He decried the
menace of erosion and flooding in Asaba and environs, explaining that “there
was the need to mitigate the effects of flooding in the state capital territory
by completion of the drainage project and linking it to the various discharge
points and natural waterways.”
The Governor also
called for the clearing of already completed drainages as a palliative measure
to prevent floods and erosions during the rainy season.
Dr Okowa charged
the contractor handling the project to “move faster and connect the various
drainage channels, so that whenever the rain falls the overflow and flooding
will be reduced.”
Speaking to
newsmen, he said: “I know the people are expectant of what the Government will
do to make life more bearable after the rains so we are going to stay on course
and put a lot of pressure on the contractors through supervisions and inspections.”
The Permanent
Secretary Ministry of Works, Engr. Umukoro who led the inspection team assured
the Governor that measures to clear the drainage channels and connect them to
the discharge points and waterways were on course.
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