Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has assured the people of the state that his administration would intervene in the rehabilitation of some erosion sites at the federal road in Ezeagu local government area of the state.
Ugwuanyi gave the assurance on Friday while on inspection at erosion site Obinofia, Ezeagu local government area.
The governor said the state would intervene through the options of meeting with the federal government on the issue of funding or embarking on remedial work during the dry season, among others.
He assured of his administration’s commitment to rural development, youth empowerment and well being of the people.
He donated a sum of N5 million to Obinofia community for maternity, hospital equipment.
Speaking, the State NEWMAP Project Manager, Vincent Obetta, disclosed that Ugwuanyi had on March 16, 2019 commissioned the agency to assess the road with engineering experts, adding that they realized, after scooping of the road, that it was a federal project under the Exclusive List of the Federal Government.
He suggested that the state government should interface with the federal government with a view to declaring the road which was abandoned since 2013 as an emergency erosion site.
Ugwuanyi, who asked the people of the community to mention their most pressing need, approved the sum of N5 million for equipping of the community’s maternity hospital, after the people called his attention to it.
He told the people of Obinofia that his administration will not abandon them, reassuring them that there will be a remarkable difference.
The governor was accompanied by a team of engineers from the Highways Department of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, led by the Chief Engineer, Engr. S.T. Oluwadun, and the State Project Manager of Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), Vincent Obetta among others.
