Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has called on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to urgently intervene in controlling erosion menace ravaging parts of the state.
Governor Otti also urged the intervention agency to complete all abandoned projects it had embarked upon in the state.
The governor made the call on Friday when he received the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the NDDC, Dr. Sam Ogbuku, and some Directors of the Commission who paid him a working visit.
Ogbuku told Governor Otti that he and his team were in Abia for the commissioning of the Aqua Culture Training Centre in Umuahia and deemed it necessary to visit him.
The governor thanked Ogbuku and his team for their visit and congratulated the NDDC’s chief executive for his appointment and subsequent confirmation.
He used the opportunity to draw the attention of the NDDC boss to some of the Commission’s uncompleted projects in the state and the problem of erosion ravaging some parts of the State.
“In Abia we have a lot of challenges. The major ones are in few places like Aba, Umuahia, Isuikwuato and Umunneochi area,” Governor Otti said.
He informed the NDDC executives of how erosion in Ovom, a community in Aba, had cut a road into two, creating massive gully, which led to the collapse of buildings in the area.