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Mr Obiano said the 'Airport ⦠This reporter set out to locate an N8 million solar-powered borehole with an overhead tank nominated for construction in 2018 for Urum community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra. 2 days ago. Millions of naira spent annually by the government have failed to provide safe drinking water for many Nigerians. #EndSARS protesters in Anambra are heading to Awkuzu town, which hosts the notorious state head office of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).. Towards increasing housing stock, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has commenced an affordable housing scheme for 4,000 members in the country. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. In January 2020 when UDEME visited the project, the skill acquisition centre where the borehole is to be located was under lock and key, wild grass overtaking the fenced building. Willie Obiano-led administration will be completed before the end of his tenure in March 17, 2022. Anambra State Government says all the road projects being executed by Gov. Aside from the lack of potable water, Mr Mkpume also lamented the bad state of the roads in the community. The Government of Anambra ⦠The other lawmakers whose constituency projects this report covers did not respond to calls or text messages from the reporter. At the erosion site, the reporter saw workers at Mr Nwankwoâs house. âGo to Anambra/Imo River Basin Development Authority (AIRBDA) in Owerri and ask them questions about the projects,” he said. News COVID-19 second wave: Anambra govt bans night club activities . Keeping you up to date with the latest news, events and happenings in Nigeria. â Ondo Assembly probes N500million counterpart fund The Nigeria Erosion and Water Management Project (NEWMAP), Anambra Office has refuted the accusations Anambra communities, NEWMAP tango over erosion projects - Viewpoint Housing News In 2018, N15 million was budgeted for the construction of a box culvert for flood control at Hospital Road, Mkpasaku Enugwu Agidi. âThat I am the procurement officer does not mean I have all this information at the top of my head. Willie Obiano-led administration will be completed before the end of his tenure in March 17, 2022. Over 50 water-related projects in Anambra State, facilitated by federal lawmakers as constituency projects, have either been abandoned or have not even started years after funds were released by the government, investigations by Udeme have revealed. December 22, 2020. The road leading to Adazi Ani in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra proved to be the best so far as the motorcyclist rode through Obeledu to Adazi Ani without running into potholes. This project was nominated by the senator, Victor Umeh. Egypt Holds Interest Rates as New Virus Strain Prompts Caution BNN Bloomberg 18:40. PREMIUM TIMES’s partner organisation, UDEME, has examined Zonal Intervention Projects from 2015 to 2019, and has found that about 99 projects worth over N5 billion in Anambra State were either abandoned, poorly executed or not executed at all by AIRDBA. FEC approves N117bn for construction of roads in Kano, Jigawa, Katsina, Anambra, Enugu. It had no signage, so it was impossible to tell whose project it is. Gov. Willie Obiano administration will be completed before the end of his tenure in March 17, 2022. Bestnaira; Projects; Login; Register; Search. No other details are known about the project at this stage. By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu :Awka, Sept. 15, 2020 (MOI) It was the race of a lifetime. âFor Enugwu-Agidi, the project was actually construction of a culvert that will connect two parts of the community. Anambra State launched the Umueri Cargo Airport project on 11-Apr-2017. on. I have not seen any letter. News . If you have enquiries to make, I suggest you send a letter,â she said. Mrs Faith Ndife, a resident of Nsugbe area thanked Obiano for embarking on the Nsugbe/Akpaka road project, but appealed to him to step up action on the project to ensure its completion. In a short while the reporter and her fixer were right in front of what could be mistaken to be a personal project or even a farm as they had passed that building twice in search of the centre. The projects, under the supervision of the Anambra-Imo River Basin Development Authority (AIRDBA), were nominated by the lawmakers between 2017 and 2019. The town hall project was nominated by Mr Nwankwo. Africa CDC confirms new COVID-19 variant found in Nigeria The South African 18:39. But the project was yet to take off when the reporter visited. At the school, the reporter found that the concrete for the overhead tank had been done, the borehole drilled but that was all there was to the project. Mr Umeh, the senator for Anambra Central District between 2015 and 2019, in his response to enquiries by UDEME, said he was helpless over the execution of the projects that he nominated. They came back in 2016 again with a different name, Anambra-Imo; they removed the old sumo and replaced it with a new one,” he said. Most roads in Nigerian rural communities are only motorbike-friendly. Doctors, FMBN launch 525-unit housing scheme in Awka . Erosion affected area in Enuagu village, Enugwu Ukwu (2). There, the reporter noticed two men sitting across the road. Two boreholes seen in the village turned out to have been funded by the state government. Chief Neville Sunny-Uchendu, Managing Director of Nevclinton Nigeria limited handling the 4.7 kilometers Nsugbe/Akpaka road said his firm was committed to delivering quality job to the state. The erosion control project at Irukalita/Ngwulu-Agu village Enugwu Agidi has been completed. The project was facilitated by Victor Umeh, the senator representing the area in the National Assembly. Maybe the letter has been forwarded to the Engineering Department,â she said. “All that we are assuring the people of the state is that no ongoing road project would be left uncompleted before the end of this government. Joe Chukindi. “I lived almost 20 years in the United States of America and it is a serious crime to do substandard jobs over there. The projects, under the supervision of the Anambra-Imo River Basin Development Authority (AIRDBA), were nominated by the lawmakers between 2017 and 2019. Latest Stories in Anambra . Everyone asked had no idea where it was located. Mr Justice told UDEME that a team from Mr Nwankwo came to the community the week before the reporter arrived to ask for a site to execute the project. Mr Ejike told UDEME that the village faces the problem of erosion. To enable commenting and other interactive features, please switch to the more advanced . Comments. One of them has been an officer at the station since 2014, the other is a resident of the area. Tony Okafor, Awka. Interact and chart a new course to sustain social-political development and economic growth for an even greater Anambra. The solar-powered borehole project at the skill acquisition centre in Adazi Ani was nominated by the member of the House of Representatives for Anaocha/Dunukofia/Njikoka federal constituency, Dozie Nwankwo, at N15 million. âWe have a number of challenges in our community, people have come on a number of occasions to take pictures, promising us a change. Again, no one in the community knew where the borehole was located. But at his family house, the reporter was told that the official does not live in the village. “We are impressed with the contractor and others handling our road projects because they are working according to specifications,” he said. Both projects were sited at Enuagu village, Njikoka Local Government Area of Enugu State at N31 million and N40 million respectively in 2018 and 2019. Contact Us Follow @bestnaira. The River Basin handled the procurement and award of the contracts and the supervision of the execution of the contracts. Watch Queue Queue. âDozie Nwankwoâs people were here last Saturday to ask for a place to execute this project you are talking about. The project was 100 percent completed and I sponsored the project,â he said. He said the project started in 2014 when the borehole was dug. Lawmakers, monarchs disagree over FG project in Anambra. We saw them again in 2018 when they came to mount this overhead tank and that was the last time we saw them. Visit our. Most communities visited by UDEME have difficulty in accessing potable water. It was less difficult this time to locate the police station. âRight in front of my house here, the erosion is also approaching this part, it has already divided the road one kilometre from here,â he said. Mr Mkpume assigned someone to guide the reporter to Central School, Umuelom, where the project is located. “As soon as the 2021 budget is passed into law, we will add more roads and ensure that every road we started would be delivered,” he said. He said Mr Nwankwo who represents the federal constituency at the National Assembly is also affected by the erosion. News Africaâs forgotten fastest sprinter Obuzoeme from Anambra State . Any incomplete project is useless,” he said. 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God Bless Anambra Edwin Ejike, the vice-chairman of Enuagu Development Union, said the community was happy over the town hall on which he said work is still ongoing. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! We took them to the Community High School where we gave them a portion to do the work,â the party leader said. At Mkpasaku school, there was no one around as it was past school hours. Think Anambra Project. Frank Mkpume, the president-general of Isuaniocha Development Union, was angry when the reporter arrived at his house to ask him about the federal project. TEXT AD: To advertise here . In any event, it is in a deplorable state and people around it claimed not to know anything about it. The construction of a town hall and an erosion control project were slated for Enugwu Ukwu. 45 mins ago. Finally, the reporter found a water project, but in Umuife village, not Urum. The State Commissioner for Works, Chief Marcel Ifejiofor, made the disclosure on Monday during the inspection of Nsugbe/Akpaka road project in Anambra East Local Government Area of the state. Check the budget for 2018 and confirm for yourself.â. A passerby said the building had been locked from the very first day. UKâs COVID ⦠At Urum, the reporter asked residents about the borehole under construction by the federal government in the community, but no one had any idea of its location. âWe are pleading with the government to always keep the community leaders in the know each time there is a project to be executed so we can know the contractors and follow up to make sure that the project is executed. He appealed to the government to trace the contractor and bring them back to site. Read online, comment and share to Facebook Willie Obiano of Anambra says his administration will provide more road infrastructure to enhance human and vehicular movement across the state before the end of his tenure in 2021. Published August 14, 2020 August 14, 2020. In ⦠Motaung: Chiefs must be patient with Hunt Goal.com 18:42. Umueri Cargo Airport is a planned new airport construction project that will serve Umueri (Umuleri) and the surrounding areas of Anambra State in southeastern Nigeria. The Ministers of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and his Water Resources counterpart, Sulaiman ⦠He told UDEME that the water project was started in 2019 but has remained at the same preliminary stage. Obiano on Political Matters, said the quality and number of roads done by the administration was a plus for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) party. Every resident approached advised the reporter to ask another person. var adx_adsvr_adspace_id="3985"; About Umueri Cargo Airport is a planned new airport construction project that will serve Umueri (Umuleri) and the surrounding areas of Anambra State in southeastern Nigeria. UDEME told her that a freedom of information request had been sent to her agency since January 31 without a response and that attempts to reach the managing director had failed. The Peopleâs Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in 2017 Anambra election, Oseloka Obaze has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Director of Procurement at AIRBDA, Mrs Madu, was not forthcoming when UDEME reached her. ANAMBRA STATE NEWS today on Legit.ng are just a click away! They get water from rivers, buy from water tankers or from neighbours who have boreholes in their homes. He confirmed the release of funds but said the agency supervising the execution of the projects was responsible for the failure or slow progress of the projects. But surprisingly, I heard about flood control works! The officer initially refused to speak to the reporter, but later opened up. Obiano said this when he paid an inspection visit to the ongoing construction on the Enugwu-Ukwu link road in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra. Projects; Login; Register; Search. They directed this reporter to the president-general of the village association. By Praise Necherem Anambra State government has commenced construction of new model urban water projects across the state after decades of absence of portable water. The Nsugbe/Akpaka road is meant to decongest traffic on ’33 area’ in Onitsha for travellers to Anambra East, Anambra West, Ayamelum local government areas as well as those coming from Nsukka/Benue axis to Onitsha. âIt is not part of my duty but someday I will leave this village. Nollywood producer and Director, Chico Ejiro, dies on Christmas day. Anambra State House of Assembly Committee on Sustainable Development Goals, Development Partners and Donor Agencies has decried the level of abandoned projects in some schools in the state. According to him, we hope and believe that this dry season, people living in Nsugbe area will smile because government will encourage the company handling this project to ensure it completed the work on this very important road. NewsProbe News from Nigeria and Around the world. The last person who was asked directed this reporter to the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) party chairperson in the community, Ibeabuchi Justice. Anambra State Government says all the ongoing road projects being executed by Gov. Latest; Trending ; FEC approves N44.5 billion contract for roads, power projects. The journey seemed endless as the motorcyclist and fixer took this reporter through Isuaniocha, the neighbouring community to Urum. On April 11, 2017, Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano made history with the story of a planned Airport City Project in Umueri, Anambra East Local Government Area. Watch Queue Queue Special Projects Completed by ASA World in the Past: ASA-Worldwide conducted the inspection and audit of Anambra State Projects built by the current administration in December 2009; ASA-Worldwide monitored Anambra State election in February 2010 ; ASA-Worldwide participated in the swearing ceremony of the election winners of the Gubernatorial election in April 2010; ASA-Worldwide ⦠The Federal Government has approved contracts worth N44.5 billion for various projects under the ministries of Works and Housing, Power and. But he was not in when the reporter looked for him. âI am tired of attending to you NGO people. Twenty-seven of those projects are water-related. The ANCSDA, an agency set up to promote and implement development activities at the grassroot level, [â¦] “We are happy that government is doing this Nsugbe/Akpaka road, but we will be happier if the project is completed because it would bring more development to our area,” she said. “There is another pavilion at Nnobi. Call Willie +2347088095401... if (screen && screen.width > 1024){var script=document.createElement('script'); script.src='//served-by.pixfuture.com/www/delivery/headerbid.js'; script.setAttribute("slotId","20018x300x600x3423x_ADSLOT9"); script.setAttribute("refreshInterval",30); script.setAttribute("refreshTime",5); document.getElementById("20018x300x600x3423x_ADSLOT9").appendChild(script);}. “This time they tested it, we saw water. The title of Africaâs fastest girl was at stake.The lush tartan track in Dakar, Senegal was bearing witness to history in the 1979 African Athletics Championships.The fast girls of African countries that qualified for ... Read More. 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