The Managing Director/CEO, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Chief Festus Ochonogor has warned residents of Warri to desist from building and dumping refuse on water channels.
Ochonogor who gave the warning on Thursday, during the desilting of Okere road to Esisi road canals by DESOPADEC in conjunction with the Ministry of Environment, stressed that this deliberate act has contributed largely to the blockage of water channels in Warri.
The chairman further noted that the scope of the intervention will include; Warri, Ughelli, Agbor, Kwale, Osubi, Sapele, Ashaka, Aboh and others.
Speaking in the same vein, the Executive Director Projects, EDP, DESOPADEC, Olorogun Dr. Ebenezer Okorodudu called on residents to avoid indiscriminate dumping of refuse and out right blockage of the water channels, stating that the human factors of deliberately building and dumping refuse on the water ways has contributed immensely to the perennial flooding in our communities.
Residents in the community, commended the Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori and the Board of DESOPADEC for the timely intervention, noting that the exercise will definitely ameliorate the plight of residents especially during this rainy season.
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