Hukumar Ci gaban Delta Niger, NDDC, ta fara tsarin tsararra Kolo Creek, wanda ya hadari 17 alummomi daga Okarki-Otuogidi zuwa alummomin Ogbia a jihar Bayelsa da Rivers.
Wannan bayani ya bayyana a cikin wata sanarwa da Darakta na Harkokin Kamfanin NDDC, Seledi Thompson-Wakama ya sanya a ranar Talata.
A lokacin bikin fara aikin a Okarki a karamar hukumar Ahoada West ta jihar Rivers, Manajan Darakta na NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, ya ce aikin tsararren Kolo Creek zai rage ambaliyar ruwa a alummomin da ke kewaye da kuma rage tasirin ambaliyar ruwa a axis na Ahoada na hanyar East-West.
Ogbuku ya bayyana cewa aikin tsararren Kolo Creek zai kuma kara ayyukan kasuwanci a yankin, ya inganta rayuwar kifi da kuma rage barazanar cutar da ke tashi daga ruwa ga alummomin karkara.
Shugaban NDDC ya lura cewa ko da aikin tsararren Kolo Creek ya kashe kudi, amma fa’idar da zai kawo ga alummomi ya fi kudin da aka kashe, inda ya ce: “Mun fara aikin, kuma munai kammala a lokacin da aka tsara.”
Ogbuku ya nuna cewa aikin tsararren Kolo Creek, wanda ke hidima ga alummomi da dama a jihar Bayelsa da Rivers, an fara shi ne a martani ga karin karin rokon alummomin yankin neman madadin gaggawa don cire bakanon da zai iya haifar da hatsari idan ba a yi wani abu ba.
Daraktan Ayyukan Hukumar NDDC, Sir Victor Antai, ya bayyana tsarin tsararren Kolo Creek a matsayin nasarar babban nasara ta gudanarwa na yanzu na Hukumar ta NDDC ta karkashin Manajan Darakta.
Antai ya ce NDDC ta nuna ma’ana da manufar ‘Renewed Hope Agenda‘ na gwamnatin Shugaba Bola Ahmed Tinubu ta hanyar ayyukan da suka canza rayuwa kamar wanda aka fara na NDDC.
Sarkin Okarki, King Elijah Harry Aduan, ya yabawa shugabannin NDDC saboda daukar matakai mai ma’ana don warware matsalar bakanon Kolo Creek.
A matsayin godiya, Aduan ya ba Manajan Darakta na NDDC taken sarauta, inda ya sanya masa suna “Itonji Oka-Akie I” (haske na mutane) na masarautar Okarki.
Aduan ya ce: “Mun fara farin ciki a matsayin al’umma kuma mun zo mu godawa NDDC saboda fara cire bakanon Kolo Creek don tabbatar da ruwa ya zama kyauta wanda zai kara ayyukan tattalin arzikinmu.”
A wani ci gaba, NDDC ta duba wata gurin gaggawa da Hukumar ta ke gina a al’ummar Otuokpoti a karamar hukumar Ogbia ta jihar Bayelsa.
Bayan duban gurin, Manajan Darakta na NDDC ya ce Hukumar ta ke daukar matakai mai ma’ana don warware tasirin ambaliyar ruwa mai yawa a yankin.
Ogbuku ya bayyana cewa aikin gurin gaggawa an fara shi ne a martani ga matsalolin ambaliyar ruwa mai yawa da al’ummomin Delta Niger ke fuskanta.
Ya nuna cewa sauran kayan aiki a gurin gaggawa zai hada da makaranta, asibiti, cafeteria, sandan yaki da cibiyar nishadi, wanda zai bayar da goyon baya mai kawo sauki ga alummomin yankin a lokacin da suke cikin matsala.
Ya ce: “Muna gina sauran gurin gaggawa shida a yanzu a Otuokpoti da Odi a jihar Bayelsa, yayin da na jihar Delta ake gina a Patani da Ozorro, da kuma biyu a jihar Rivers.”
Ogbuku ya nuna cewa gurin gaggawa, wanda zai iya daukar mutane sama da 1,000, zai yi aiki a matsayin mafaka na wucin gadi a lokacin da ambaliyar ruwa ta tashi, inda ya ce: “Idan aka kammala gurin gaggawa, zai bayar da mafaka na wucin gadi da sauran ayyukan da ake bukata a lokacin da al’ummomin yankin suke cikin matsala.”