The Anambra State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed a resolution asking Governor Chukwuma Soludo to build more Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps to enable flood victims in the riverine areas to be evacuated during flood.
The Assembly added that the governor should urgently direct the state Ministry of Works to carry out palliative measures at the dilapidated portions of the Oba/Ichi/Nnewi/Amichi/Uga Road to ensure the safety and smooth movement of commuters using the roads.
It also passed a resolution asking the governor to mount traffic lights, speed limiters and road traffic signs at the Agu-Awka and Umunya intersections along the Enugu/Onitsha Expressway for the safety of passengers.
The resolutions were passed during Tuesday’s plenary, which was presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Somtochukwu Udeze, shortly after the motions were deliberated upon.
The lawmaker representing Ogbaru I State Constituency, Okpoko, Hon. Noble Igwe, who moved the motion for the building of more IDPs, said, “The camps should be built in all the upland local government areas of the state, to enable flood victims in the riverine areas to be saved from flood disasters, particularly now that the disasters have almost become an annual occurrence.”
Meanwhile, the Ondo State House of Assembly, also on Tuesday, tasked stakeholders in the state to be proactive in addressing flooding in the state.
The Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji, during Tuesday’s plenary, said the lawmakers could not fold their hands and watch helplessly without finding a solution to the crisis.
