The House of Representatives at the National Assembly is urging the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to prioritize the completion of the Amassoma Community Shoreline Protection Project in Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency of Bayelsa State.
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The House has mandated the NDDC to re-mobilize the Contractor to site, engage competent Consultants to supervise the Project, and ensure diligent execution before the next rainy season in September 2024.
Additionally, the House, following a motion by Hon. Rodney Ebikebina Ambaiowei, is investigating the mismanagement and abandonment of the critical intervention project to hold previous companies accountable for public funds waste.
The urgency for completion stems from the constant flooding facing the area, displacing communities and creating humanitarian crises.
The House emphasized that several contracts for the construction of Shoreline Protection in Amassoma have been awarded in the past with no useful results, stressing that the first was awarded to Dokkin Ventures Nigeria Limited by the now obsolete Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC) and was abandoned. It was again awarded to Bussdor & Company Limited by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in 2003, only to be abandoned again in 2005 with disputable percentage of completion as physical assessment shows no significant job done.
The motion reads: “The contract was later transferred to Messer Ideki Services Ltd without clear details of the transfer and the valuation of the Project with no significant work done till date;Worried that the rains have been coming thick and fast while the Federal Metrological Services has predicted that the 2023 flood levels will surpass those of 2022.
“The people of Amassoma and other areas within Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency are at risk of facing another devastating flood and displacement from their homes. It is only an immediate action that will assuage and give comfort to the Southern Ijaw constituents to avert the traumatic experiences of the past; cognizant of the need to protect lives and livelihoods in Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency and riverine communities and complete the Amassoma Community Shoreline Protection Project”.
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