N493m Sokoto erosion control project excites residents

Residents of Sokoto state said the newly completed N493 million project would go a long way to safe them and their livestocks from further devastation.

They spoke recently during the flag-off of the project by Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Prof. Stephen Ocheni.  

Ocheni represented President Muhammadu Buhari at the epoch event flagging off the the erosion-control project being undertaken by the Federal Government  in Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

The project involved road improvement at Dogon Daji, erosion control works at Bashire and works on man-made gully erosion at Jabo community.

Residents said the speed with which the work was completed was commendable, adding that it would help ease threats of erosion and flooding in the affected communities.

According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), some of the residents, Malam Chika Malami, Abubakar Muhammad and Aishatu Jabo, said they had suffered the problem of erosion, which has devastated their farmlands, roads and residents.

They expressed the hope that, with the completion of the project, the threat has been permanently contained.

The residents said they would remain grateful to President Buhari for coming to their aid after years of complaints to previous administrations without positive response.

Managing Director of the contracting firm, Alhaji Muhammad Bello, assured that the project was executed within specifications and would pass all integrity tests.

He urged the affected communities to take ownership of the project to ensure that it served them for long.