Chima Ogbuji
14 November 2009
A team of senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, led by its president, David Mark, has visited erosion sites in Imo state to ascertain the rate of damage of the menace.
The visit was part of activities lined out for the senators during their one-week retreat holding at the Nike Lake Resort, Enugu, Southeast Nigeria.
The senators on the fourth day of the retreat is visiting the five southeast states of Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi and Imo to inspect projects and ascertain the problems confronting the region, especially erosion and bad roads.
The erosion sites visited in Imo include the Nekede erosion site, adjacent to Nekede Exclusive Gardens; the Njaba gully erosion site along Owerri-Orlu road and Umuonyeali erosion site in Mbaitoli local government area, LGA.
Speaking to journalists at the end of the inspection, Sen Mark, who described erosion menace in Imo and the entire southeast as a disaster, lamented the great damage the natural phenomenon has caused and assured of Senate's concerted effort to ameliorate the problem.
He assured that erosion control in the southeast would receive greater priority in the 2010 budget soon to be deliberated on by the Senate.
The Senate president equally promised Imo people that the current ecological fund in the federation account would be strengthened to contain erosion problem, which he described as an emergency.
Speaking to newsmen at the end of the inspection, the senator representing Imo West, Osita Izunaso, described the sites as horrible and vowed to champion campaign against the menace.
The team later paid homage to Imo state chairman of traditional rulers, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, at Obinugwu, Orlu LGA.
Be the first to Write a Comment!
Copyright © 2009 Daily Champion. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.
