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“The farmer is the king, and the state government is not unmindful of the strategic role they play in the food supply, security, and value chain of government and agricultural programmes,” he said.
He added, “There is nothing we can do, there is nothing like human preparation. We don’t know whether the prediction is true or not, we are just relying on God to save us. Some predictions do fail, it does not always happen as predicted, so that is why we always rely on God.” The road was constructed by the Emmanuel Uduaghan administration in 2015 to link the community to the East-West Road and by extension, other parts of the state.
“He also gave a standing order to SEMA to support all the local communities affected by flood with relief materials to ease their sufferings.’’ “Most of us are still staying because there is no money to relocate. So, we want the state government to assist us to move before the flood becomes severe,” he pleaded.
According to him, a major challenge in relocating the affected areas is that they are agrarian communities. According to him, the 2023 annual flood outlook prepared by Nigeria Hydrological Services showed that 178 Local Government Areas in 32 states and the FCT fell within the highly probable flood-risk areas.
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