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The Federal Government on Thursday flagged off N1.7billion erosion control work on Nduetong Oku-Ikpa road, cutting across Uruan and Uyo Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom. Senator Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters (Senate), did the flagging off ceremony. He said that the project would alleviate the suffering of the people and boost ...

The Federal Government has handed over N461 million culvert and drainage construction for erosion and flood control works to communities in Kofar Fada, Shettima and Kasuwan Yelwa areas of Taraba State. The project was executed by the Ecological Fund Office (EFO), which is domiciled in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF). Speaking during the ...

As a result of incessant coastal erosion impacts in some communities in Bayelsa State, the government, has made a passionate appeal to the Federal Ministry of Environment, agencies and other well-meaning organisations to join efforts at combating the menace. The Guardian reports that the State Deputy Governor, Gboribiogha John Jonah made the appeal after inspecting a landslide site at Okoloba ...

Vanguard reports that the World Bank, yesterday, expressed its resolve to partner with states that have keyed into the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project, NEWMAP, to protect the lives of Nigerians in erosion prone areas. According to Vanguard, the Senior Human Resource/Business Partner, Central and West Africa, in the World Bank, Mr Chude Ezinwa, made the disclosure during the ...

Vanguard reports that Delta State Government has released N500 million as part of its counterpart fund for the World Bank assisted Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project, NEWMAP. According to Vanguard, the fund is complementing the $2 million approved and released for Delta State by the World Bank from the $500 million approved for erosion control in Nigeria. This came ...