ITEMS DESCRIPTIONS DATE 24/09/2009 VENUE Secondary School Premises, Emin-Ekpon Community, Abi LGA START TIME 2: 00 pm CLOSE TIME 4.05pm OPENING The Environmental Consultant team leader gave an introduction on what this project is all about, which is a World Bank REMARKS: assisted project aimed at constructing new water treatment plants, storage reservoirs, pipeline network, and water distribution kiosks in various distribution points in the project communities. He emphasized on the importance of the people of the community to the project sustainability, which is why the public consultation meeting is necessary. He requested for their inputs, concerns and opinion with regard to the proposed project in their community. REACTIONS Chief Joseph I. Ezoke ,. Express gratitude with the project sponsors and and hopes AND that the it shall be fully implemented as proposed. He and their entire community will CONCERNS be very happy to see this project fly and also pledged their support during and after the commencement of the Project Mrs Mary Egbe complained that they have been drinking stream for years . and its causes different sickness to them. Mr John Iyori Asor talked about the past proposed water project by the government which never saw the light of the day. Dominic Edoki, stated that, since they can pay for electricity bills, paying for water bill will not be a strange or difficult thing for the people of the community. Mrs Veronica Emmanuel John requested for a uniform payment of water bills when the running of the water commence. CONSULTANTS The communities are in high spirit concerning the project and are ready through RECOMMENDATION community leadership to give any assistant that will ensure project sustainability. CRSWBL may consider engaging the community youths in the temporal civil works. Public consultation with the community should be a continuous step through the life cycle of the project.
ITEMS DESCRIPTIONS DATE 24/09/2009 VENUE Secondary School Premises, Emin-Ekpon Community, Abi LGA START TIME 2: 00 pm CLOSE TIME 4.05pm OPENING REMARKS: The Environmental Consultant team leader gave an introduction on what this project is all about, which is a World Bank assisted project aimed at constructing new water treatment plants, storage reservoirs, pipeline network, and water distribution kiosks in various distribution points in the project communities. He emphasized on the importance of the people of the community to the project sustainability, which is why the public consultation meeting is necessary. He requested for their inputs, concerns and opinion with regard to the proposed project in their community. REACTIONS AND CONCERNS Chief Joseph I. Ezoke ,. Express gratitude with the project sponsors and and hopes that the it shall be fully implemented as proposed. He and their entire community will be very happy to see this project fly and also pledged their support during and after the commencement of the Project Mrs Mary Egbe complained that they have been drinking stream for years . and its causes different sickness to them. Mr John Iyori Asor talked about the past proposed water project by the government which never saw the light of the day. Dominic Edoki, stated that, since they can pay for electricity bills, paying for water bill will not be a strange or difficult thing for the people of the community. Mrs Veronica Emmanuel John requested for a uniform payment of water bills when the running of the water commence. CONSULTANTS RECOMMENDATION The communities are in high spirit concerning the project and are ready through community leadership to give any assistant that will ensure project sustainability. CRSWBL may consider engaging the community youths in the temporal civil works. Public consultation with the community should be a continuous step through the life cycle of the project.
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