ECOLOGICAL INTERVENTION PROJECT ENDS 4 DECADES OF EROSION AND FLOODING IN LADANAI  COMMUNITY IN KANO STATE

ECOLOGICAL PROJECT OFFICE

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ECOLOGICAL INTERVENTION PROJECT ENDS 4 DECADES OF EROSION AND FLOODING IN LADANAI  COMMUNITY IN KANO STATE

The people of Ladanai and Tsamiya Babba towns in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State have heaved a big sigh of relief and expressed deep appreciation to the Federal Government following the urgent Intervention through the Ecological  Project Office on the devastating gully erosion which had ravaged both communities and claimed several lives and properties over the years.

This was revealed when the Permanent Secretary, Ecological Project Office(EPO) , Malam Shehu Ibrahim, mni visited the State, Monday, 13th March, 2023 as part of his on-going tour of Ecological Projects across the country.

The scope of the project include; a  1.5km Accelerated Gully Erosion works  with  a 1.2km road side reinforcement drainage,1km collector drains with over 200,000sq meter reclamation of eroded land at Ladanai Community in  Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State.

The Permanent Secretary expressed satisfaction with the work done by the contractor and stated that the intervention has ended the 40years of the agony due to the perennial erosion and flood menace experienced by the people in time past

Malam Ibrahim said he was excited that the locals in both communities have returned to their lands  and farming businesses after decades of being chased away due to the ecological challenge.

Speaking to reporters during the tour, some of the locals including, Malam Shamsu Adam and Abdullahi  Awal, commended the Federal Government through EPO for the intervention. According to them, (speaking in hausa) and translated thus, “ the truth be told, the Federal Government has done us well by executing this project  and thus averted the frequent deaths of our children often swept away during the  massive flooding and also the loss of property  in times past”. They further said, “now we are living in peace and have returned to our ancestral lands”.

The contractor, UYK Nigeria Limited, Alhaji Usman Kansila,  said the company deployed its technical expertise in executing this project with the success story in tackling the challenge. He attested to the quality of work done and confirmed that the project has squarely tackled the flooding menace,assuring  that the project  will stand the test of time.

Other projects inspected by the Permanent Secretary included the; Erosion and Flood Control Works at Tundun Murtala Grave Yard at Nasarawa Local Government Area, Kano State where residents disclosed that before the intervention, corpses of their dead were often washed away during the flooding. Also inspected are the Flood Control Works to link the Main Water Channel  and the Kwargwan Pond , drainage, concrete and road reclamation works covering about 7km in Daura, Kastina State. He rounded up his tour of the projects at Sharggalle, Sirika in Kastina State.

The Permanent Secretary was accompanied on the tour by Directors; Pollution Control, Mr Clinton Iqwe, Soil Erosion and Flood Control, Abubakar Takuma, Director, Special Duties, Yakubu Habu and Director, Drought Desertification and Coastal Zone Management Department, Haruna Bello.

Erosion & Soil Control Works at Ladanai Community, Nasarawa LGA, Kano State

Inspection of Erosion and Flood Control Works at Tundun Murtala Graveyard, Nasarawa LGA

Eno Olotu (Mrs)

Dep Director (Press&Public Relations)

13th March, 2023