Flooding: Enugu resident sends FOI request to FG over abandoned Ivo Dam project

A acrophobic Enugu State resident, Mr Jude Ogbonna, has written to the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, requesting the merchandise of each documents relating to the Ivo River Dam Project successful accordance with the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011.

His petition comes days aft flooding wreaked havoc connected respective communities successful Aninri Local Government Area of the state.

The letter, dated October 13, 2026, and titled “Application for All Relevant Paperworks Relating to the Award of Ivo River Dam Project/Ivo Multi-Purpose Earth Dam,” was sighted by DAILY POST connected Thursday.

Ogbonna, a publisher, requested details of the declaration from the ministry, including the missive of grant oregon grant notice, declaration statement oregon service-level agreement, measure of quantities (BOQ), task specifications, bidding and procurement records, support documents, outgo and disbursement records, arsenic good arsenic task presumption and completion reports.

In the letter, helium said helium understood that the Ivo River Dam Project, besides known arsenic the Ivo Multi-Purpose Earth Dam, was archetypal captured successful the nationalist fund by erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan successful 2009.

“I besides recognize that D.A. Construction Limited and Anbeez Services Nigeria Limited were progressive successful the declaration astatine immoderate point.

“If the facts I person are correct, t...