Delta, Edo and Bayelsa State fulfils 30 per cent counterpart funding to access European Union, EU, N2.4 billion grant

   Delta, Edo and Bayelsa State, have fulfilled the required 30 per cent counterpart funding to access European Union, EU, N2.4 billion grant for the water project in the Niger Delta region.

   The Leader of the EU experts team, Albert Achten, made this known in an interview with newsmen in Abuja today.

Achten, however, said that two of the five states targeted in the region had yet to fulfill the requirement in order to enjoy the grant.

   According to him, the EU and UNICEF have signed a five-year contribution agreement to boost rural water and sanitation project in the Niger Delta region.
  Achten, therefore, appealed to the defaulting state governments, in the interest of their communities, to contribute their counterpart funds to enable them to access the EU fund.