The Mayor of Onitsha North and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) House of Representatives candidate for Onitsha North/Onitsha South Federal Constituency, Hon. Nweze Tony Nwora, has pledged to pursue urgent Federal Government intervention to address the growing erosion menace threatening several communities across the constituency.

Nwora, who made the commitment while outlining his agenda for the constituency, said erosion had become one of the critical environmental challenges confronting the people, with several communities witnessing the destruction of land, buildings, roads and other infrastructure.

He identified a number of erosion-prone areas, including the erosion site at Nkisi Aroli, Inland Town; Omagba Phase 2, behind Hello Gas Filling Station; Mgbemene Street by Vinee Oil, beside the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway between Green Seeds Market and MCC, as well as areas within the Nigeria Army Cantonment, Onitsha, particularly around Mammy Market and Block 17 in Ward 9, Onitsha North Local Government Area.

According to him, other areas affected by erosion include Trans-Nkisi, Akpaka and Federal Housing/Odonjisi in Ward 12, Onitsha North LGA, among other locations across the constituency.

Nwora expressed concern that the erosion sites were expanding rapidly, threatening homes, businesses, roads, livelihoods and human lives, stressing that the situation could no longer be ignored.

He said that if elected to the National Assembly, he would bring the issue before the Federal Government through a Motion of Urgent National Importance on the floor of the National Assembly and sustain legislative engagement and advocacy until concrete intervention was secured.

The APGA candidate further pledged to work towards attracting relevant Federal Government agencies and intervention programmes, including the Federal Ministry of Environment, Ecological Project Office and other agencies responsible for erosion control and watershed management, to the affected communities.

He described erosion as more than an environmental challenge, saying that it had become an existential threat to communities in the constituency.

“Erosion is not merely an environmental issue. It is an existential threat to our communities,” Nwora stated, stressing the need for deliberate legislative action to protect lives, properties and the future of the people.

He said that the effective representation should go beyond electoral campaigns, noting that a representative must understand the problems confronting the people, present such challenges before the appropriate authorities and follow through until solutions were delivered.

Nwora urged the people of Onitsha North and Onitsha South Federal Constituency to support his aspiration to represent them in the House of Representatives, promising to use the position to attract federal attention, intervention and resources to the constituency.

He described his political aspiration as a commitment to grassroots representation and urged voters to support the APGA candidate in the January 16, 2027 House of Representatives election.

“The Game Changer is here,” Nwora declared.