Floodings: Lawmaker gives Buhari, Soludo tips on ending perennial flood in Anambra
By Polycarp Ifeanyi, Onitsha
Lawmaker representing Ogbaru 1 constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Chukwunonso Igwe, has rolled out tips on what Anambra state government and federal authority must do to end the perennial flooding in Anambra state.
Hon. Igwe gave the tips when he visited Internally Displaced Persons ( IDP) camp in Ogbaru LGA, Anambra State.
Irked by flood menace across states of the country, the lawmaker urged National Assembly representatives to move motions and sponsor bills for state and federal government to partner in constructing dams.
Speaking at the IDP camp, he said: It is imperative that the National Assembly representatives should sponsor bills to enable state and federal government to have a synergy and construct dams that could contain the volume of water when the reservoir is filled up. People cannot be facing this type of calamity every year.”
Igwe, a vibrant lawmaker who is jostling to go back for a second tenure at the State House of Assembly, revealed that he has passed motion for the state government to build a permanent IDP camps in different locations in the State.
“I moved a motion in the House of Assembly which has to do with government to construct permanent IDP camps in different locations so that where the victims would stay could not become a challenge in emergency like this. Imagine what would have been the fate of these people if this place was not provided for them and this private house is donated by somebody”
He also advocated that government should approve fund for the victims to recover all their loses. “So many persons lost their farmland, some lost their busineness, some even lost their houses because a lot of properties were abandoned and hoodlums used the opportunity to steal their belongings.
“Government has to assist them in terms of giving them enough funds to fall back as an incentives to start life afresh. Also, many pregnant women, nursing mothers and Children who are prone to disease needs to take to the Hospital to examine them and give them appropriate treatment.
Farmers needs to be funded because they have not harvested their crops before the flood incidents otherwise they would not go back to their farms and they are predominantly farmers”
Hon. Igwe eulogized the Ab-Bev International Brewery PLC, producers of Hero lager beer for identifying with flood victims in Ogbaru LG with relief Materials, saying that their initiative showned that they love Ogbaru LG. He also commended the efforts of State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) for their prompt interventions to the flood victims.
