Governor Okowa said the best way to end the loss of lives and valuables to flood was for the government to take proactive steps.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has called on the federal government to build new dams and dredge major rivers in the country to prevent flooding.
He said the best way to end the loss of lives and valuables to flood was for the government to take proactive steps towards stalling perennial flooding each time neighbouring countries opened their dams. “I was informed by the Secretary to the State Government, Chief Patrick Ukah, when the team briefed me on Monday, that as a result of the flood, five deaths were recorded, not inside the camps but across the state.
“And, that is not going to be the state government’s function. It is that of the federal government because of the type of dam that will be built across the river. So, it is going to be a major dam. “So, I think that it is something that the federal government would consider building a dam across River Niger to prevent this from happening.
“We can see doctors and nurses here, living under the same conditions as the IDPs just to provide health care. In two of the camps, some pregnant women have already been delivered by medical personnel.
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