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  • Contractor completes Enyimba Stadium’s sub base drainage

    • Waits on Abia govt’ for import base materials 

    The Enyimba International Stadium, Aba is getting closer to completion after the contractor handling the project, Ebi Ezekiel Egbe, who is the Managing Director of Monimichelle Sports Facility Construction Company, confirmed to SportingLife that the sub base drainage construction has been rounded off under 40 days.

    He said the 1,500m drainage was completed at record time and that he is only waiting on the import based materials to be shipped into the country.

    Egbe told SportingLife that installation of the pitch takes only seven days and that FIFA certified specialist 100 natural Geo Technology pitch installers are on standby to get the job completed as soon as the import based materials are brought into the country and that with the completion of the sub base drainage construction the work is over 80 per cent done.

    SportingLife checks ,however, revealed that with import based materials the only hindrance to the stadium’s completion, further let up may be the free fall of the foreign currencies’ exchange rates, especially Euros which the company is using to source the materials.

    When the work was awarded in December last year €1 (Euros)exchanged for N275  but currently it is exchanged for over N400 . Enyimba will host Vipers of Uganda in the second leg of the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League in Port Harcourt’s Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium next week.

  • Council promises more drainage

    Gwagwalada Area Council has promised to construct more drainage systems in most riverside areas in order to reduce the effect of flooding.

    The chairman of the council, Alhaji Abubakar Jibrin-Giri, revealed this when he visited Unguwan Dodo and Kutunku communities which were affected by flood.

    Recall that flood submerged homes and shops in some parts of Gwagwalada, leaving some of the residents helpless and homeless.

    Victims of the flood, who regretted they had lost many of their properties to the incident, had called the council’s administration to assist them.

    Giri, during the visit to the victims, warned residents against building structures along the waterways, adding that building houses along the waterways obstruct free flow of water, which he said could spell doom for them.

    “The council will facilitate the construction of drainage in those places that need them. That will help channel the flood to the right place.

    The residents have a part to play. They should not deliberately build along waterways. They should also avoid blocking drainage systems,” he said.

    While sympathising with the victims, the chairman who blamed them for contributing to the flood incident urged them to vacate places that were prone to flooding, even as many of the victims said they experienced the same incident last year.

  • Residents call for construction of drainage

    Residents of Dutse and Kubwa in Bwari Area Council have urged the council authorities to construct drainage system by the sides of the various roads constructed in the area to avoid flood washing off the newly constructed roads.

    They noted that erosion which causes damage to some of these roads, has become a common trend in some of the communities, even as they attributed the phenomenon to lack of drainage systems.

    “The road at the All Saints Catholic Church, Dutse where I am staying is about to collapse because of erosion. Vehicular movement has become difficult around that area,” Ejike Ugbo, a resident of Dutse said.

    Also speaking, Kenneth Igor, a resident of Kubwa complained that roads leading to various places in the town have been left at the mercy of flood. He called on the area council to expedite action on construction of drainage system before the road would become worse.

    “It is better to solve the problem now before it gets out of hand or difficult to remedy. I think the rain has been heavy this year and it has been the cause of this problem. I have never experienced a case like this before,” he said.

    Igor further said there was need for residents to avoid activities that would block the drainage which he said was one of the reasons for flooding, adding that the authorities should also embark on clearing of drainage in order to reduce the problem.

    “I know that most roads around this area have no drainage systems. It is very important that drainage systems are constructed. The residents are also to blame because sometimes, they pour household wastes into the existing ones, thereby blocking them. We should learn to avoid that. It is very important. Drainage systems are not waste dumps,” he said.