Anambra State has been listed as one of the beneficiaries of the European Investment Bank, EIB’s intervention in addressing the challenges of erosion and land degradation control in Nigeria.
Angel Network News (ANN) reports that
the National Project Coordinator of NEWMAP-EIB, Engineer. Anda Ayuba-Yalaks, made this known when he led the Federal Project Management Unit of the project on a collaborative assessment with the state government for long-term sustainable land degradation control measures and to provide support to the state project management unit to accelerate the project implementation.
The Coordinator added that the delegation has also conducted on- the-spot assessment of uncompleted five selected erosion sites within the state, which are Ndi Agu Ikenga Ogidi, Nkpor Flyover, Ugamuma Obosi, Abagana erosion sites, saying that they will further explore best practices and interventions to mitigate the challenges and applauded the governor for fulfilling his promises to the state citizenry in supporting the project by releasing the counterpart fund for the project.
Speaking, Anambra State Project Coordinator of NEWMAP-EIB, Prof. Philip Phil-Eze said the Federal Government asked them to prioritize five ongoing sites which were uncompleted by the World Bank Assisted project before other new sites could be taken up saying that Governor Soludo sees erosion as a major threat to the people of the state and passionate about tackling it.
In their separate speech, some of the stakeholders in various communities visited, all narrated their ugly experiences and expressed readiness to provide the necessary support to ensure that the project is a success.
ANN gathered that the intervention project will be carried out through EIB’s assisted Nigeria Climate Adaptation Erosion and Watershed Project (NEWMAP-EIB) following the payment of the state’s counterpart fund of 500 million naira paid by Governor Chukwuma Soludo.
