By Bisola Adeyemo
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has advised residents to protect and maintain the environment by avoiding anything that could cause flood, damage the road as well as desisting from indiscriminate dumping of waste.
He stated this following the warning from President Muhammadu Buhari on indiscriminate dumping of refuse in Nasarawa state, on Thursday, at the inauguration and handing over of three projects in the FCT and Nasarawa.
The three projects inaugurated include construction of drainage retaining walls and erosion control at Abuja University, main campus.
Also, erosion and flooding control at Kuchiyako 1, District, New Hope Avenue, Kuje Area Council, FCT and access road Gurku Internally Displaced Person, (IDP) camp, Karu, Local Government Area, Nasarawa, Environews reports.
Buhari, who was represented by Mr Mohammed Abdullahi, Minister of State for Science and Technology, said the residents should ensure they took ownership and maintained the projects to ensure its sustainability.
The president said that the residents should adequately maintain the projects by preventing filling drainage systems with debris and refuse that could lead to flooding or erosion.
“The projects were awarded in 2019, adding that Ecological Fund Offices (EFO) intervened in the three projects effectively.
“The projects would address the devastating effects of erosion and flooding menace as well as providing access roads to people in the areas,” he said.
Dr Habiba Lawal, Permanent Secretary of EFO, represented by Mr Felix Okeke, Director, Soil Erosion and Flooding Control, EFO, said that the projects were made possible through the efforts of the contractors and consultants.