The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, has partnered the state Ministry of Environment in dredging new canals in Isoko South and Isoko North local government areas to curb the menace of flooding in the two council areas of the state.
DESOPADEC Managing Director, Chief Festus Ochonorgor, while on an inspection tour to assess the progress of work on the canals noted with concern that some communities in Isoko South and Isoko North councils have been adversely affected by flooding for decades
He told journalists that the project was designed partly to save the Ozoro-Asaba road from destruction by flooding as, according to him, the life span of the road would now be extended.
He added that the new canals will also curb flooding of houses and farms in the council areas.
The DESOPADEC MD had embarked on the inspection visit in company of the commissioner representing Isoko ethnic nationality on the board of the commission, Hon Victor Egbo Okemena; the Director of Sanitation and Waste Management, Ministry of Environment, Mrs Fransica Antiga; the immediate past Special Adviser on Political Matters to former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Comrade Kingsley Iweka, among other officials of the commission and the ministry.
He remarked that the people of the two local government areas would now heave a sigh of relief with the construction of the canals, just as he commended the staff of DESOPADEC and the Ministry of Environment for job well done.
He also lauded the state governor, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori for providing funds to the agency to take care of flood control across the state.
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