Flooding: House of Reps to provide N200b in 2023 budget for EPO

The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Appropriation to provide N200 billion in the 2023 appropriation bill, for the Ecological Project Office for flood preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery and relief packages.

The House also urged the government to make an urgent request for a Supplementary Budget from the National Assembly, N100 billion or more, to the Ecological Project Office- EPO (The Presidency) as Intervention Fund for Mitigation, Recovery and Relieve Programs across the Nation.

It also called on the government, through the Federal Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and Office of the Accountant-General Office of the Federation, to release N5 billion into the Special Ecological Fund Account of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This, it said, is to mitigate the effect of flooding that recently ravaged the country.

The House also mandated its Committee on Legislative Agenda to coordinate a Technical Working Group between the Executive and Legislature, as well as industry experts and stakeholders, to articulate an action plan to forestall a repeat of such flood and erosion disasters in 2023 and beyond. The committee was mandated to ensure compliance and report within one week for further legislative action.

These resolutions followed the adoption of a motion of urgent importance on the need for strategic planning and funding to prevent the recurrence of flood and erosion disasters in Nigeria in 2023 and beyond, moved by Henry Nwawuba and Ibrahim Isiaka.

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