The Edo State Government has paid ₦800 million in counterpart funding to the European Investment Bank to support efforts aimed at tackling flooding and erosion, particularly in Benin City. The Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Nosa Adams, announced the development during the Ministry of Information and Strategy’s bi-monthly press briefing in Benin City. According to […]
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The Edo State Government has paid ₦800 million in counterpart funding to the European Investment Bank to support efforts aimed at tackling flooding and erosion, particularly in Benin City.
The Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Nosa Adams, announced the development during the Ministry of Information and Strategy’s bi-monthly press briefing in Benin City.
According to him, the project is a continuation of the Benin Storm Water Project initiated by former Governor Adams Oshiomhole but discontinued by the immediate past administration.
Adams said the state had fulfilled its financial obligations and that all necessary documentation would be completed within the next two months, paving the way for the commencement of the next phase of the project.
He explained that the new phase will extend drainage infrastructure to areas including Tomline, Siluko Road and Ekewan Road, with the aim of significantly reducing flooding and erosion in the affected communities.
The commissioner also disclosed that Benin City generates about 4,000 tonnes of waste daily. He said the ministry has issued abatement notices to 93 environmental offenders, while 30 have already been prosecuted for violating environmental regulations.
He added that the government has trained and deployed 100 environmental officers across the state’s 18 local government areas to strengthen enforcement of environmental laws.
Adams further revealed that three environmental laboratories will be established in Benin, Auchi and Irrua to improve environmental monitoring and management.
He also said the ministry successfully resolved a dispute between Oregbemi Community and Coca-Cola Company over the discharge of industrial effluents into the Ikpoba River, resulting in the installation of a ₦1.8 billion effluent treatment plant by the company.
Also speaking, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Prince Kassim Afegbua, said the state government is planning a major drainage and reclamation project within the Government Reservation Area to channel floodwater into the Ogba River as part of broader flood control efforts.
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