Minsietr gives five-year timeline for completion of water projects as ex-minister laments abandoned road in Anambra

Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, has urged management of the ministry and heads of River Basin Development Authorities to prioritise completion of all water projects within five years.

Adamu made the call in a communiqué issued in Abuja after a management retreat for heads of agencies under the ministry in Calabar, Cross River State at the weekend, saying it was his desire to accomplish some priority projects between 2019 and 2023.

He charged them to re-double their efforts toward contributing to the realisation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s vision and promise to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.

Meanwhile, a former Minister of Aviation in the First Republic, Mbazulike Amechi, has expressed disappointment over the abandoned seven-kilometre road linking two local government areas in Anambra State, saying it was adversely affecting movement of people and farm produce.

Amechi said the road, which was awarded by the Dame Virgy Etiaba administration since 2007 links Ukpor and Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Council Area, lamenting that all successive governors of the state abandoned the road.

But Anambra State Commissioner for Works, Ifejiofor Marcel, assured that work was already ongoing at the site and that the contract was awarded to one of the construction companies handling road projects in the state.