Ekpeye Youth Congress Calls for Government intervention on flood disaster in Ekpeye land

~Calls for IDP camps & relief materials


Worried by the hardship and sufferings of the people occasioned by the ravaging flood disaster in Ekpeye land in Ahoada West and parts of Ahoada East LGAs in Rivers State the President General of Ekpeye Youths Congress Comrade Ogboka Umeda has called on Government at all levels and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to quickly respond to ameliorate the situation.

The youth leader made the call on Wednesday while carrying out an Impact Assessment of the flood situation in Edeoha, Ikata, Ochigba road, Upatabo, Odido and Odiereke communities in Ahoada West and East communities.

The President who recounted many loses and untold hardship occasioned by the devastating flood noted that the farmlands are seriously devastated, local farmers are harvesting premature crops and that many local dwellers have been forced out of their homes by the flood with no available IDP camps to accommodate them with their families.

Comrade Umeda who expressed worries why the situation remained unattended to by the relevant authorities and agencies appealed to the Federal, State and Ahoada West and East Local Government authorities including the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to quickly respond to the plights of the people by setting up IDP camps and providing palliatives to cushion the effects of the disaster on local dwellers.

"My people are suffering.

"I want to say that up till now Government has not done anything to ameliorate the sufferings of my people.

"We know that flood is a natural disaster but however Government has a role to play.

"The Federal Government through its Agency the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) should come to Ekpeye land and do the needful to provide relief items to support my people so that they can hieve a sigh of relief", he noted.

Ekpeye Youth Congress (EYC) is the umbrella and apex youth organization in Ekpeye nationality.


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