Izuchukwu Onwughara, the Abia Coordinator, Nigerian Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), said on Wednesday that over 279 erosion sites in the state were currently receiving attention.
Onwughara made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba. He spoke against the backdrop of a litany of complaints by erosion-ravaged communities that the agency received reports of their plight but declined to act.
He said that contrary to the complaints, the agency was always at work but had to follow operational procedures.
He explained that the process of initiating projects, which determined where priorities were placed, gave the wrong impression that NEWMAP was doing nothing regarding people’s complaints.
Onwughara said: “The process through which we operate determines how fast we react or respond.
“Before these reports you mentioned, from Ogbor Hill in Aba to Ebem…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
