No fewer than 15 communities in Oguta LGA of Imo state have been
sacked by an unusual flood caused by the overflowing Oguta Lake.
Speaking during a visit to Ndegwu, one of the affected communities in
Oguta, Gov. Okorocha described the situation as unusual in Imo state
and regretted that most people affected by the flood are poor farmers,
artisans that hardly make ends meet on daily basis.
He lamented that most of the affected communities are the oil
producing areas thus making it difficult for oil workers to attend
their daily functions.
He noted that the situation in Oguta is presently causing untold
hardship on the people as such appealed to the federal government to
quickly intervene by rescuing the ugly situation.
Gov. Okorocha disclosed that the state government has concluded
arrangements to compile the names of the affected individuals and
houses to enable the state contribute their own quota towards solving
their immediate accommodation problems.
Adding his voice, the Managing Director of Imo State Oil Producing
Area Development Commission (ISOPADEC), Dr, Henry Okafor, called on
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to quickly supply relief
materials to the people affected by the flood disaster, adding that
ISOPADEC will also contribute their quota to make sure that the
peoples’ problems are reduced.
Contributing, one of the affected people in the area, Mrs. Elizabeth
Ogbueshi, thanked Governor Okorocha for coming to sympathize with them
and appealed to federal government to quickly come to their rescue.
