“So, that is part of the challenge in terms of controlling these activities. But in spite of this, the task force is still there, going after some of them on an ad-hoc basis, trying to find out who and who is involved, who licensed who. We are doing our best to curb the situation.
On claims by Anambra State governor , Charles Soludo, describing Anambra as the capital of erosion in the country and what the government was doing to arrest the situation, Abdulahi said: “On Anambra being the erosion capital of Nigeria, again some of these things boils down to the nature of our federal structure.
“So, since then, Mr. President, being a democrat, gave directives that every FAAC meeting, deductions are made and paid to states from the Ecological Fund. But in spite of that, the federal government through the Ecological Fund office still intervenes in states to support erosion challenges in several states.