By Nneka Nwogwugwu
An enforcement team led by Anambra State Physical Planning Board has begun marking of structures for removal in Okpoko.
The enforcement team was led by the Executive Chairman of the Board, Barrister Chike Maduekwe.
The team marked over two hundred structures, blocking the road, drainage and water way, thereby preventing successful emptying of flood water into the Niger River.
The clean up exercise is one of the major deliverables of Soludo’s plan to make Anambra a liveable city.
Barrister Maduekwe explained that the major challenge in the area is that many people blocked the waterway especially the Sakamori drainage, saying that when it rains, it stops water from emptying into the Niger River, causing flooding with its attendant damages.
He revealed that the Governor has given instruction to mark every house on the waterway and give them notice to remove by themselves, stating that if they don’t remove those structures, government will do so and charge them for the expenses.
