- * Calls On Govt To Provide Relief Materials To Victims
- Challenges NASEMA, NUDB, Others To Be Proactive In Tackling Flooding
By David Odama (In Lafia, Nasarawa State)
Worried by the vulnerability and high flood prone communities in Nasarawa, the State House of Assembly, on Monday, urged the state government to urgently provide relief materials to the affected victims of flood disasters and relocate those at the flood prone areas to safer places to avert incidences of flooding in the state.
This lawmakers have also directed the state government agencies saddled with the responsibility of disaster management to be more proactive in flood management and prevention in the state
Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, stated this while reading the House resolution after the Majority Leader of the House, Tanko Tunga raised the issue under matters of public importance during the House prelinary in Lafia.
According to the Speaker, the devastation effect of flooding across the state were huge, hence the need for prompt release of relief materials to cushion the effects of devastation. He added that 50% of his constituents were not left out of the flood disaster effect.
"The devastation effects of flood are huge across the state, as many lives, animals, buildings, farm lands among other properties, have been destroyed, while many have been rendered homeless. It is in view of this that I want to call on the state government to provide relief materials to the flood victims without delay.
"I also want to call on the state government to relocate communities affected by flood to safer places for their comfort and to improve their standard of living," the Speaker declared.
While urging the state government to provide more funds to the Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency ( NASEMA) for effective discharge of its duties, the Speaker called on both the National and State emergency agencies, Nasarawa Urban Development Board (NUDB), the National Orientation Agency (NOA), among other agencies saddled with the responsibilities of tackling flooding and development plans, to be more proactive in their activities.
Contributing, John Osewu (APC DOMA SOUTH) , Daniel Ogazi (APC Kokona East) Danladi Jatau (APC Kokona West) Mohammed Okpoku (APC Udege /Loko) and David Maiyaki (APC Karu/Gitata) called for government urgent attention to address the plights of the flood victims across the state.
They lawmaker who lamented the effect of floods, especially among their constituents rendering their people homeless, called for proper funding of NASEMA as well as urged NUDB to ensure proper development control in the state to avoid flooding.
Earlier, the Majority Leader of the House, Tanko Tunga, while raising the issue, said that this year's flooding appears to be more terrible, saying that it has inflicted injuries on the lives of many people across the state. NNL.