* Says over 4 billion already captured in Ecological fund
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Senator Mao Ohuabunwa (PDP), has refuted claims by Senator
Orji Uzor Kalu (APC), that the Federal Government was set to intervene in
erosion threats in the zone based on a purported letter by the former Governor.
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Ohuabunwa accused Kalu of "being economical with the
truth in his desperation to take credit for what he did not facilitate."
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Kalu had in a recent media, claimed that the Federal
Government had assured him that very soon, intervention work would commence on
erosion sites in Abia North based on a letter to that effect he purportedly
wrote through the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss
Mustapha.
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According to the report entitled "Erosion : FG confirms
intervention in Abia as Sen Kalu's intervention pays off", Kalu had
claimed that the SGF while responding to his letter, told him that his request had been captured
in the Ecological Fund data bank for necessary actions.
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"I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
dated 10th July 2019, on the above subject matter and to inform you that your
request has been captured in Ecological Fund Office data bank for further
necessary actionÔÇØ, the report quoted Kalu as claiming that the acknowledgement of his letter partly
read.
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But in a swift response, Ohuabunwa dismissed Kalu's claims
as "propaganda tool" , saying the former Governor is only cleverly
trying to take credit for what he did not do.
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The former Speaker, ECOWAS Parliament, explained that
contrary to Kalu's claims , intervention in
erosion sites in the zone had
already been captured in a motion on erosion menace in Abia North that he (Ohuabunwa) moved while in the
senate.
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Ohuabunwa added that as a follow up to his motion, the
senate committee on environment had visited Abia for on the spot assessment of
erosion menace in the state.
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He insisted that it was he and not Kalu who initiated the
move for the expected intervention, adding that already over N4 billion had
been captured in the Ecological Fund for addressing erosion menace in the zone.
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His words : "
Erosion projects in Abia North have long been captured by Ecological
funds and some are already going through
procurement process such as Gully Erosion and flood control/ Road improvement
works at Nkpa- Umuezike Road, Bende LGA
valued at N895,931,385.00"
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Others according to him are: Uburu - Ihechiowa Road
Reclamation Project - N208,236,630.00; Serious Ecological Problem in Abia North
Senatorial District put at N2,902,862,064.00; and Ecological intervention to
avert a disastrous situation at Ohafia valued at 115,794,116.75.
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Ohuabunwa who said that "law making is not about
writing letters" as claimed by Kalu but about sponsoring bills and moving motions
asked the former governor to stop "advertising his shallow knowledge of
legislation".
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The former Senate Committee Chairman on Primary Health who
spoke in Umuahia urged members of the public not to be deceived by Kalu's
"fictitious claims".
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"Parliament is about bills and motions not
letters", Ohuabunwa said, adding that "no amount of propaganda by
Kalu can bury the truth".
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He accused Kalu of mismanaging the first tranche of N250
million Ecological Fund released by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo for the
control of erosion gully at Isuikwuato when Kalu was Abia Governor.
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"If the N250 Ecological fund by Obasanjo was used for
the purpose it was meant, I'm sure today we won't be talking of erosion in
Isuikwuato. Kalu who received the money as the Governor then should tell Abians
how he spent it ".
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Senator Ohuabunwa who is still challenging the emergence of
Kalu at the election petitions tribunal expressed shock that Kalu could so
brazenly want to " distort the truth".
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Ohuabunwa said part of the reasons he decided to personally commission
projects he attracted to the zone even though he was out of power was to
prevent those who would "try to lay false claims on what they did not
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The PDP senator said he had commissioned over 20 newly completed
projects since March 2019, explaining that he also wants to ensure his campaign
promises are delivered.
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He urged the people of the zone and members of the public to
"carefully sieve every information and claims" by the former governor
"whose trade mark is propaganda ".
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Ohuabunwa expressed confidence that his "stolen mandate
will, by God's grace, be restored" by the judiciary.
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