Oshiomhole builds 30-feet underground drainage in Benin

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has assured residents of Sokponba Area of Benin City that the over 30-feet deep underground drainage project which is ongoing will bring a lasting solution to the problem of flooding in the area.

Oshiomhole said his administration is determined to complete on-going road and drainage projects at the Second East Circular and Sokponba areas of the state capital. Already, sections of the dual carriageway road on Second East has been asphalted.

Speaking during an inspection of projects at the Second East Circular and Sokponba Roads in Benin City, Governor Oshiomhole said, the government is doing everything possible to ensure completion of the projects before the full rainy season.

He said: “Before the rain starts, we want to finish that Second Circular so that if you are coming from New Lagos Road, you pass through Akpakpava, straight you pass through Sokponba to Sapele Road. We are re-doing this drainage so that the water coming from that side can flow across. We are going to remove that old drainage and make it wider so that it can take all the water to the moat, so that the flooding problem is solved once and for all.