Flood Control: A/Ibom gets N32bn from W/Bank

The Akwa Ibom  State government says the World Bank has earmarked the sum of N32 billion to tackling flood in the state. 

The state’s Commissioner for Environment and Mineral Resources, Dr Iniobong Essien, who disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Uyo, said that the project would be executed in partnership with the Nigerian Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP).

He said that the drainage project would be implemented in phases and when completed, it would reduce the incidence of flooding in the state.

“For the IBB Way flood control project, designs have been put in place and the initial cost of N52 billion reduced to about N32 billion,” Essien said. (NAN)