Anambra Flood: Ogbaru LG chairman cries out, seeks NEMA’s intervention as River Niger keeps rising

The Chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra state, Arinze Awogu, Thursday, made a passionate appeal to authorities of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA to come to the rescue of the victims of the current flood disaster in the area.

Awogu who is also one of the displaced persons, made the appeal while distributing relief materials procured from the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA at the council secretariat, Atani.

He disclosed that more than three Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs camps otherwise known as holding camps had already been created for those displaced by the flood which has so far displaced over 500 families.

He lamented that the flood claimed lives, while farmlands, agricultural produce, household property, houses worth hundreds of thousands of Naira were destroyed.

He  added that the displaced families were taking refuge at the council secretariat, Atani; Primary School, Odekpe and St. James Anglican Church Iyiowa.

Recalling that the level of River Niger had kept rising every day, he therefore called on the families living on the bank of the river to vacate and relocate to IDP camps closer to them to avoid loss of more lives.

~Vanguard