The traditional ruler of the host
community, Eze Andrew Osuji, who spoke when he conducted journalists around the
abandoned dam, said that “Non-completion” of the project has brought myriad of
sad stories to them, just as he said that the project’s location had laid
fallow for over 10 years.
Osuji regretted that, if the project
which cut across 18 communities had been completed, it would have contributed
so much in the development of the area.
He said, “The purpose of the
project, is to build standard irrigation farm, grow aquatic animals and provide
good drinking water for over 18 communities. Let me tell you, if completed,
this project will generate employment opportunity and engage so many of our
young people.”
Continuing, he alleged that, they
have lost some of their members from the community as a result of the attacks
from the dreaded animals living within the area, saying, “it is very painful to
see the amount of money which the Federal Government invested in this project,
yet it is not functional and now we are the people suffering it. We have
expected so many things from this project and all our hopes have been dashed.
Instead, what we see now is a situation where wild animals have take over the
area and kill our people, any time they come around to swim or wash their
cloths including our domestic animals when they come around for grazing.
“This project was awarded to
Anambra/Imo River Basin Authority and subleted to Umez Construction company”
He added that, the abandonment did
not only reduce the value of the work done so far but has damaged equipment in
the area, adding that the river which he called Mbaa River was the only source
of their drinking water before the project commenced.
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