Sunday Ehigiator
In a bid to forestall another devastating reoccurrence of flooding in Kogi State, a sustainability advocate, Mr. Chukwuemeka Idam, has called on the federal government to increase funding for ecological development in the country while also constructing more dams in the affected state.
Idam made this call yesterday through a press statement titled ‘Flooding in ‘Kogi -What Could We Have Done Better?’”
According to him, flooding is a humanitarian crisis in Kogi, and the rest of Nigeria is responsible for the displacement of thousands as well as threatening public health and food security.
He identified the opening of the Lagdo Dam in the Republic of Cameroon to prevent an overflow, the water level in Nigerian reservoirs like the Kainji, Jebba, and Shiroro, on the Niger River and the poor estate planning and settlement of population along waterways as the partial cause of flood in the state.
“While we mourn the loss of lives and…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
