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| Benue State Gov. Suswam |
Panic gripped residents of Makurdi, Guma, Agatu, Gwer West and
other areas affected by last year’s flooding in Benue State as the state
government announced plans by Cameroonian authorities to start
releasing water from Ladgo Dam.
The Executive Secretary of the state Emergency Agency (SEMA), Mr
Adikpo Agbatse, had announced on the state radio station early Friday
that the Cameroonian authorities would release water from the dam in
the morning and enjoined the people in vulnerable areas to be on alert,
particularly, when the volume of water on River Benue begin to rise.
The Nation, which went round vulnerable areas in the capital city saw
as people expressed fear and called on the state government to
immediately provide comfortable place for them.
Madam Caroline, who lives at new garage area, one of the worst
hit
last year’s flood told our correspondent that the family is already
planning to relocate their children to their place in the eastern part
of the country to avoid the ugly experience of last year.
According to her, “someone called my husband this morning and
informed him of the radio announcement of the repeat of the flood
incident anytime from now. Immediately we heard this, we started
thinking of sending our children to the village to prevent them from
experiencing the ugly incident of last year where we were crammed in a
room that look like cubicle when the flood sacked us from here.”
Also, Mr. James Atser , who lives along Gboko Road, one of the areas
affected by last year’s flood, said that there was little he could do
since he could not remove his house from the area but called on state
government to make available a better place for people who may likely be
displaced by the flood.
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