Corrinthians:
This is a very insensitive comment.

Go and call police then!!!

ugolance:
I can't read ur English bro wat ya trying to say?

Is a new hardware need to be installed

MayorofLagos:


Let me hear some negative comments from ya mouth this morning.

You go join dilector soak the garri wey dem go serve am for breakfast.

Hmmm.

Pictures or....

HungerBAD:
Geoffrey Anyanwu, Awka

Former vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, may soon become homeless as his family house in Oko, Orumba North Local Government of Anambra State may soon be washed away by erosion.

Already, a United Kingdom erosion expert, Trevor Jewitt, has predicted that Ekwueme’s edifice could be swept away by erosion next rainy season if proactive measures were not taken, and immediately, too.

Jewitt disclosed this when a delegation of the House of Representatives Committee on Ecological Matters, led by Obinna Chidoka, visited erosion sites in the area.

He also warned that the situation in Ekwueme’s home was a disaster waiting to happen.

The erosion expert, who is a representative of Rhino Construction Nigeria Limited, who has studied erosion trend in Nanka and Oko erosion sites for six years said: “I must impress that, if this work is not started quickly, then, we have a big problem here.

“All the work we have already done would be wasted. It is not whether it will happen; it is certain, it will happen. We know what to do to stop the gully from advancing further into Oko community. It is a matter of funding.”

Already, some houses in the area, including that of Dr. Ekwueme’s grandfather have been swallowed.

Speaking at the erosion site, Chidoka described the situation as a calamity and assured that he would take the matter up with the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, for urgent intervention.

“This visit will not end up as another sight-seeing visit, as in the past.”

Addressing the lawmakers, earlier, a leader of the community, Mr. Handel Okoli said the enormity of the erosion in the area was not known to government, adding that many have been displaced in the area.

“We are convinced that until the approving authority for the disbursement of the Ecological Fund visits this site, the enormity of the situation will never be appreciated. Oko and Nanka people have seen their farm lands and entire communities washed away, every rainy season. The tragedy of the situation is that the Federal Government is yet to take the matter as seriously as it deserves. The problem we have now is how to get government to award the contract for the second phase of the erosion remedial work.

just to make sure that the palliative work done by the present contractor on the Nanka side is not washed away in the next rainy season.
“The present contractors have completed their works at Nanka and once they leave the site, the entire work will collapse since financial provision has not been made to check the Oko end of the site. So we are in a dire situation and already the number of internally displaced persons is increasing in leaps and bounds.

Oko and Nanka people have seen their farm lands and entire communities washed away every rainy season. The tragedy of the situation is that the Federal Government is yet to take the matter as seriously as it deserves.

http://sunnewsonline.com/ekwueme-may-be-homeless-next-rainy-season-uk-erosion-expert/

ekueme is not a Nigeria let biafrans solve the problem for him

No picture no news

They didn't even show us the Ekwueme's house..

Deilluminator:
No picture no news

So he doesn't have another house abi? Some of Una headlines sef

Mologi:
And u think say na only one house he get.....


if erosion destroy his house....then he should go and rent face me i slap....

It is because of morons like you they wanted to hike the Data price.

Corrinthians:
Ekwueme is a well respected nigerian who has paid his dues. I hope the state or FG step in soon enough to forestall this.

Gid bless Nigeria.

What due are you referring to here? Don't you pay taxes? How is he different from the average Nigerian put there?

abuayman:


Haba, maka why?

He can choose from Kogi, Kwara, Abuja, and Niger

When u stylishly admit dat the rest of the northern states are not safe
We already know dis.

MayorofLagos:


Can you guarantee you all wont behead him?

If he could survive the organ and limb harvesting ritualists in the SW, I'm sure he'll be fine

sarrki:



Is a new hardware need to be installed

It seem u do watch a lot of cartoon?

sarrki:
I feel sorry for my country
This are leaders that serves this country well.

Having said that, this is what the online E rats should bE

Clamoring for .

Now they want My president to tackle the menace

Where is their hero? The road to otueke Gej can't fix it!!!!!

It's high time Wailers sit down and have a rethink.

New year new resolution

Chief Alex Ekweme is rich by all standard to control the erosion Palava that is affecting his village.. But only God knows what is wrong with the rich in our community,they have put all their burdens on Govt & Govt alone. Imagine this Baba's investment from the tine immemorial . So if Govt does not come to control the erosion at his backyard,his house would fall ..let him continue to wait for Obiani to do that or Buhari in any case.

specco:
It is because of morons like you they wanted to hike the Data price.

damnnnnnnn.....are u serious... it is monday morning....i will let ur childish tantrums slide....
pls ask me wella i could have insulted ur whole poverty stricken generation
but happy xmass in adv.

MayorofLagos:


Mr Jewitt should tell us how the UK Government would handle tha matter if a private citizen like Margaret Thatcher's personal home was built in a flood plains and is now threatened by rising waters?

a. Didnt Margaret conduct survey prior and knew she was building in a flood prone area?

b. Does Margaret have flood insurance?

c. Should the UK government go and build a retainer wall to save Margarett's house?

My outsider instead of blaming the government you are accusing ekwueme of not conducting surveys on his ancestral home
The erosion that is being experienced by oko people and other towns in anambra is due to the failure of the federal government in not tackling the menace at the early stage

Mologi:


unless the iroko tree is not big and fat.....

boss...that was just my opinion and humourous one for that matter...

...even if they raise the Iroko tree to the Mars, the wise saying still submits that the child will not see it

he served Nigeria well and he is been paid during his tenure wat abt the common man like me that don't even have a plot of land

yep, another criminal foreigner dictating to Nigeria for money!

ElsonMorali:
I'll bet he doesn't have only one house. After all he's also part of the elite ruling class in Nigeria.

Very soon the entire eastern part of this country will be degraded by gully erosion. And people will be forced to live in ditches formed by Mr. Gully.

You won't see them shouting for government to do something, instead they'll be carrying placards up and down screaming "leave our daughter/son alone" "stop witch hunting them".

The same sons and daughters who have refused to put heads together to find a lasting solution to the menace plaguing that area, and yet they've been part of government from the get go.

The way some of you open your mouth as if it's only the se that is affected by erosion baffles me.
Every part of Nigeria suffer same rate of erosion. So stop showing your ignorance here biko.

Kfed4ril:


The way some of you open your mouth as if it's only the se that is affected by erosion baffles me.
Every part of Nigeria suffer same rate of erosion. So stop showing your ignorance here biko.

I'm prepared to bet that you've never left your village in the Southeast before. Which other region do you see crying about erosion?

Hide your head in the sand and pretend you don't have a problem. I know for a fact that erosion, at least the type that is devastating your homeland, doesn't occur in the Southwest.

ElsonMorali:


I'm prepared to bet that you've never left your village in the Southeast before. Which other region do you see crying about erosion?

Hide your head in the sand and pretend you don't have a problem. I know for a fact that erosion, at least the type that is devastating your homeland, doesn't occur in the Southwest.

Lol
I wish this argument came up earlier this year when I was in jos I would have snapped an erosion site there and show you, but I when next I go back I won't forget to snap it. It's in utan junction rock heaven.
Also when I go back to Oyo(where I serve ) I promise to furnish you with some pics of some erosions I have see in Oyo. And funny enough you are the one who have never left southwest before, I can bet you on that.