Anambra orders work to restore access to erosion-hit Ogbodi within two weeks
The Anambra State Executive Council has directed that access to Ogbodi, an area of Amichi in Nnewi South Local Government Area cut off by erosion, be restored within two weeks through temporary works. The council also directed that an assessment for a permanent solution begin immediately.
The council reached the decision on 9 November at its meeting in Awka. Anambra Commissioner for Information and Value Reformation Law Mefor announced it on 10 November. The statement did not name the agency responsible for the temporary works or give a timetable for the permanent intervention.
Anambra reaffirms erosion-control policy
The council reaffirmed that the state would prioritise erosion-control interventions in communities that take steps to protect the environment. It said communities where prohibited practices occur would lose priority and that offenders would face prosecution. Mefor cited sand excavation, indiscriminate tree felling, deforestation, dumping refuse in drains and directing stormwater onto roads.
The statement did not say how the state would rank communities for intervention, assess compliance or handle urgent cases in high-risk communities.