MEMBERS of the House of Representatives have asked the Ministry of Water Resources to source N250 million for the “immediate” completion, commissioning and utilisation of the Edo water project.
The House in plenary, Thursday, said the failure of the ministry to complete the Northern Ishan water scheme in the state was fast affecting government through the continued decay of the installed pipes.
Rep Friday Itula, PDP, Edo, who sponsored the motion, told the House that “it does not make any economic or social sense to abandon a project for which the federal government has spent a whopping sum of N2.4 billion since 2005.
“The non release of N300 million is what has held the utilisation of this all important project to the people of Esan North East/South East federal constituency.”
Consequently, members of the House voted unanimously in support of the motion, which was referred by the deputy speaker, Emeka Ihedioha who presided to the water resources committee for further legislative action.
Source= Vanguard
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