Gabriel Enenche —
The Delta State Executive Council has approved the extension of Warri-Uvwie Storm Drainage project in a bid to ensure proper and enduring control of flood in the affected area when completed
Briefing journalists on the outcome of the Council meeting presided over by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in Asaba, Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, said decisions reached on the project and other issues were targeted at measures that would entrench and deepen the administration’s Stronger Delta agenda.
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The extension consists of flood control works in Ugbuwangue community in Warri South Local Council and additional 15 work sites in Phases I and II of the drainage project, bringing the total number of sites to 76.
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In the company of the Director-General, Warri-Uvwie and Environs Development Agency, Mr. Ovuozourie Macaulay, and Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, Aniagwu listed other projects to include the Advanced Diagnostic Centre and the Mother and Child Medical Centre, Owa-Alero, due for immediate completion.
The commissioner disclosed that the Council approved additional works and procurement that would make the medical centre a world-class facility, adding that the Ministry of Health had been directed to ensure that work on the facility was fast-tracked.
