The Kogi State Government on Tuesday, signed contracts worth over N29 billion for control of gully erosion in three communities in the state.
Governor Ahmed Ododo, urged the contractors to give the assignment all the seriousness it deserved.
Ododo, represented by the state’s Commissioner for Environment and Ecological Management, Mr Oluwasegun Joseph, said the projects would address gully erosion and its attendant effects in the affected communities.
The governor said that the projects were funded by the state government in partnership with the World Bank ACReSAL Project.
The contractors are Mothercat Limited to handle Olubo-Ojo erosion site in Ankpa, and LEVANT Construction Limited to execute Etahi & Omigbo Gully sites.
The contracts would cover the reclamation, stabilization and channelization of gully erosion at Etahi, in Okene (Central), Omigbo in Kabba (West) and Olubojo in Ankpa (East) Local Government Areas of the state.
