The deputy chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement, Hon. Kingsley Uju-Chima, has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of
While affirming that the level of socio-economic damage caused by the flood was enormous to his constituents who are natively agrarians, Uju-Chima maintained that the level of damage cannot be quantified financially.
“As I talk to you this afternoon, so many farms have been consumed completely, not just water but ocean has ceded most of these farms into their occupation. Considering the loss, the damage, the effect both on the GDP of my people and above all the hardship that this will actually bring to the people, I am using this medium to call on the Federal Government, the state government to come to the rescue of my people to see how they can help my people.
“We cannot fold our hands and watch our people die because of flood; I know very well that we spend so much money to curb insecurity, we spend so much money to attend to other emergencies, but this one is an emergency with a difference. This one you are not running with any of your belongings and running away leaving your belongings, things you suffered over years to acquire,” he lamented.
While stressing the need to find lasting solutions to the recurring cases of flooding across the country, the lawmaker urged the Federal Government to re-channel into the Atlantic Ocean whenever any Dam is going to be opened by the neighbouring countries, adding that, “the moment you know you want to open the dam, you don’t allow other people from other areas to be at the receiving end.
“For the fact you know that the dam is going to be opened and the water will overflow, you find a way; as we are opening, another channel is taking up the excess water and that will empty straight into the Atlantic Ocean or any Ocean within the locality and that will put a stop to every year crisis. We know from August we begin to experience flooding to January, losing a lot of properties to flood.
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