Niger Delta
ISOPADEC Earmarks N600m For Community Road Project
The Imo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (ISOPADEC) says it has earmarked N600 million for the construction of a community road in the state.
Its Managing Director, Chief Anayo Alozie, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Asaba Sunday.
Alozie, who was in Asaba for an International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) meeting to assess the performance of the programme in Niger Delta, said that the 10 km road would cost N1.3 billion.
He said that the road would link the urban area with Eluanwali-Izombe, an agrarian community in Ohaji-Egbema local government area of the state, adding that the community had been cut off from civilisation.
Alozie said the community’s territory extended to Oguta local government area, adding that the two council areas were the only oil-producing ones in the state being covered by ISOPADEC.
“The community has 5,000 people with 2,000 children who are supposed to be in school but there is no school there for them. They are great farmers of cassava, plantain, fishes, among other produce.”
“The road in question is about 10 kilometers and you have to cross the creeks to get there. In our assessment, we found that it will cost a total of N1.3 billion to give them an access road.”
“And of this amount, we have budgeted N600 million and are appealing to IFAD, the Federal Government and NDDC to assist us with the balance to enable the people to have the basic amenities.’’
Alozie also disclosed that the counterpart contribution by Ohaji-Egbema and Oguta to IFAD-assisted projects in the council areas would be paid by ISOPADEC.
He said that the arrears of the contribution standing against the two local government areas would be defrayed by the commission, adding, however, that the payment would be staggered over some period.
“I think it is a necessary thing to bring development to those living in the rural areas. It is very necessary so that we arrest restiveness there. So, I support in totality, the IFAD initiative.”
“I have promised to pay for the two local government areas where we are working, because ISOPADEC is established to ameliorate the sufferings of the oil producing communities.
“And those oil producing communities are in Ohaji-Egbema and Oguta local government areas. I do not know how much they owe for now but we cannot pay at the same time. We can pay N5 million, N6 million or N10 million as the case may be”, Alozie said.
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