Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Monday said the storm drainage projects being executed by the State Government in parts of Warri and Effurun would be ready in 2022.
He stated this while speaking to newsmen after inspecting the flood control projects which are ongoing in the areas.
The governor, who was conducted round the projects by the Director-General of Warri/Uvwie and Environs Development Agency, Chief Ovuozourie Macaulay, said that the challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic slowed down the pace of work of the projects.
He, however, assured that his administration would scale up activities on the projects to enable the government to deliver them in 2022.
“Before we started this project, I had already informed you that there are going to be four different storm drainage projects for us to fully drain Warri of the flood water.
“We have taken on the first two major projects, one in Warri South Local Government Area and the other in Uvwie Local Government Area. The other two are smaller drainage projects.
“We have gone to several points today and you have seen the two different contractors, CCECC Nigeria Limited and Levante Nigeria Limited, and they have taken us through their various sites and the various works they are doing.