Egede USA: 40 Million Water Project & Controversial Implementation by Obori Adaka.
March 29, 2020. Egede’s quest to solve the water problem dates back to the 1950s and 1960s and even 1970s but to no avail. Not until an Italian Construction Company Bartolotti dug a sizable borehole in the course of their construction of Makurdi - 9th Mile road at New Site Primary School and handed it to Egede did we start to see light at the end of the tunnel . Indeed, it was a breath of fresh air for Egede and the adjoining communities who previously were trekking miles to fetch water from Awhum and Affa. This piece will briefly discuss Egede Community Association of America Inc. also known as Egede-USA, it’s goal to provide water to the people of Egede and the controversial mode of implementation adopted unconstitutionally by the so called 12 unstoppables. It ends with recommendations. Egede-USA’S Goal is Water for Egede! As many Egede indigenes find themselves in the United States from the early 1970s and 1980s the singular developmental goal of an average Egede