Reps seek reconstruction of bridge connecting Kwara community, Benin Republic

Date: 2022-09-29

The House of Representatives has called for inclusion of reconstruction of the bridge connecting Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara and the Republic of Benin in the 2023 Budget estimates.

This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Mohammed Bio (APC-Kwara) on the floor of the house on Wednesday in Abuja.

The house urged the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to act accordingly.

The motion is titled,: “Need to Address the Effect of Rain Disaster in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara .”

According to him, Chikanda is an international border community in Baruten local government area of Kwara.

He said the community was connected to the Republic of Benin through a bridge to ease the movement of people and transaction of business and services.

He explained that on Aug. 15, there was a torrential rainfall which resulted in a heavy flood, thus pulling down the only bridge connecting the Republic of Benin and Nigeria.

“The flood carted away livestock worth millions of Naira, with over 70 farmlands washed away and rendered families homeless in Chikanda community in the LGA,'' he explained.

The lawmaker stressed the need for urgent intervention by relevant government agencies to reconstruct the bridge connecting the two countries to ease movement of goods and services

The house, however, urged the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and the National Emergency Management Agency to provide relief materials for victims in the affected communities.

The house also mandated the Committees on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness and Legislative Compliance to ensure implementation and report back within eight weeks for further legislative action.

(NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Sabi     EndSARS     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Kwara NIPR     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Kwara State University Of Education     Kunbi Titiloye     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Amina El-Imam     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Yaru     Yemi Osinbajo     Usman Yunusa     Durbar Festival     Voices Of Tomorrow     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Royal FM     Harrison Osauwagboe     KWATMA     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Mahe Abdulkadir     Amusement Park     Shoprite     Talaka Parapo     Lanre Badmas     Dagbalodo     Razak Atunwa     Oyawoye     Women Radio     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Olokoba     2023 Elections     Taiwo Joseph     IHS Towers     Bayer AG     Moses Adekanye     Ishola Abdullahi     Adisa Logun     Salman Jawondo     Summit University     Sarkin Malamai     Eruku     Emir Of Kano     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Oba Abu     Saeedat Aliyu     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Ajia-Bako     Alapansapa     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Moshood Mustapha     ASMAU PLAZA     Bamidele Aluko     David Oyedepo     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Amoyo     Pilgrims Board     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Sunday Fagbemi     Madawaki     Olatunde Jare     Ben Duntoye     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Ayobami Seriki     New Naira Notes     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Kwara 2015     Micheal Imoudu     Yetunde Balogun     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ogidi-Oloje     Okoolowo     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Marufat Oladosu     IF-K     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Nigerian Medical Association     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Amule     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Babatunde Idiagbon     Shehu Adaramaja     Oba-Solagberu     Dorcas Afeniforo     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Muhammed Akanbi     Balogun-Ojomu     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Amosa     Kwara State Television     Titus Ashaolu     Balogun Ajikobi     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Kawu Baraje     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Kale Bayero     Ajeigbe     Zulu Gambari     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Joseph Daudu     CELF     Tunde Oyawoye     Bilikis Oladimeji     University Road     Olayinka Are     Kwabes     Kwara     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Isiaq Khadeejah     Olatunde Jare     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Women Radio     KWASEIC     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Risikat Lawal     Sam Onile     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Sidikat Akaje     Abdulkadir Orire     Oke-opin     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Hauwa Nuru     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Christopher Ayeni     Sobi     Frootify     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Tinubu     Saheed Akinwumi     Kubra Kazum     Oke-Odo     Alfa Yahaya Road     Sulaiman Gado     KWIRS     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Yusuf Mubarak     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Aliyu Adebayo     Abdulmajeed Wahab     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye