How Ekweremadu attracted N986m water project for PDP in Enugu to win again

The Federal Govern­ment has awarded a N986 million contract for the construction of the Greater Oji River Water Project to supply water to ev­ery home in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State.

This was made known by the Deputy President of the Senate and senator represent­ing Enugu West Senatorial District, Senator Ike Ekwere­madu, during a project inspec­tion and campaign tour of Oji River LGA last week.

Addressing his constitu­ents, Senator Ekweremadu said he attracted the water project to help address the water needs of the people per­manently, noting that it was re­grettable that Oji River, which was the source of water for Enugu township had no por­table water of their own.

He explained: “We have done many boreholes, but we believe that boreholes cannot solve the water challenge in Oji River. We, therefore, came up with a new project called Greater Oji River Water Proj­ect, which will provide water everywhere in Oji River and environ. The project has been designed and awarded; and we believe that the work will start very soon.”

Also inspecting the ongo­ing work at the multi-million naira Youth Development Centre at Achi, the Deputy President of the Senate dis­closed that he had already con­cluded plans with an Italian firm to run the facilities at the centre and similar ones he at­tracted in Awgu, Aninri, Udi and Ezeagu LGAs.

The senator who was in company of his wife, Dr. Nwanneka Ekweremadu, government functionaries, and party stawarts, said he regarded the Youth Develop­ment Centre as his flagship project in Oji River LGA giv­en the primary targets.