ASABA FLOOD: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE GIVES MARCHING ORDER

 THE Asaba flooding debacle will soon be a thing of the past as the Delta State Capital Territory Development Agency (DSCTDA) has been saddled with the task of marshaling out a lasting solution to it.

Towards this end, the Chairman, Delta State House of Assembly Committee, Delta State Capital Territory Development Agency, Hon. Sherriff Oborevwori, while listening to the defence of DSCTDA’s budget proposal for 2017, weekend, charged the agency to give priority attention to the flooding challenge in Asaba.

Hon. Oborevwori, who spoke alongside other members of the committee, said the agency was key to the development of Asaba, stressing the need for appropriate funding and urged the agency to liaise with the committee to enhance working relationship.
He said that, despite the paucity of funds, the agency was able to embark on road constructions and urged the management of DSCTDA to take advantage of the dry season to do more work.

The member representing Ughelli North constituency, Hon. Samuel Mariere, who also spoke during the session called on the agency to maintain standard, address sanitation issues, as well as develop business districts close to the head bridge in order to attract business from Onitsha.
The Director-General, DSCTDA, Chief Clement Ofuani, while presenting the agency’s budget proposal, said that the agency had obtained approval for the rehabilitation of some roads in Asaba since December 2015 at the cost of N215 million, adding that the agency had awarded contracts for the construction of some roads in the capital city, including, Governor’s Street, Odiachi Street, Ebenuwa Street, Casloba Street, Ojife and Nduka Iloba Streets.
Ofuani said that the issue of flood in Asaba will be effectively tackled as drainages will be adequately addressed.
The director-general revealed that N3.6 billion has been proposed for the 2017 fiscal year, adding that feasibility study for a comprehensive mass transit system in Asaba was ongoing as N40 million has been paid to the contractor even as funding constraint has