HON. CHIDI MARK OBETTA CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION TO CHECK THE DEVASTATING FLOODING AND GULLY EROSION THREATENING THE EXISTENCE OF THE PEOPLE OF ALOR-UNO
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By Malachy Ejike
The Honourable member representing Nsukka/Igbo-Eze South Federal Constituency, Chidi Mark Obetta, has decried the menace and resultant gully erosion in Alor-Uno Community of Nsukka/Igbo-Eze South Federal Constituency.
This he raised in his motion titled: “Need to Intervene in the Flooding Menace and Resultant Gully Erosion in Alor-Uno Community of Nsukka/Igbo-Eze South Federal Constituency.”
He lamented that the recurring menace of flood in Nigeria with attendant devastating impacts on human livelihoods and infrastructural development needs to be addressed urgently.
While leading the debate, The Lawmaker said, “the people of the community in Nsukka Local Government Area are presently battling both the menace of flooding and the resultant effect of gully erosion.” This ugly development, he noted, poses a great threat and challenge to the continued habitation of their ancestral home.
Hon. Obetta emphasized that the major contributory factors to the flooding menace and gully erosion in the community is the haphazard and uncompleted drainage constructed by the Enugu State government which collects rainwater from the urban uphill residential areas of Onu-lyi Nsukka and deposits same in Alor-Uno Community where no drainage systems were put in place to direct the path of the water flow. This he decried, ends up in people’s homes and farmlands.
There is now the need to act urgently on this matter in order to save the people of Alo-Uno Community from further internal displacement and environmental degradation, he concluded.
In adopting the motion, the House mandated the Committees on Environment, Works, Emergency and Disaster Preparedness (When Constituted) to take a tour of the affected areas to ascertain the level of damage done, and liaise with relevant MDAS with a view to proffering informed and lasting solutions to the situation.
