ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Mr. Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to declare state of emergency on all states recently ravaged by flood.
The former Anambra State Governor made the call on Wednesday in Taraba State where he went to sympathize with the victims of the flood disaster.
Obi visited the various locations affected by the disaster in Ibi Local Government Council of the state.
He called on the government to adopt the global best practice that would help in desilting all its waters to avert a recurrence of floods.
Worried by the havoc wreaked by floods across the nation, he said: “We are calling on the government to come with interventions, declare all the affected states a disaster area.”
The presidential candidate expressed hope that it is not too late for the government to arrest the situation, arguing that “what the federal government has to do to stop this is to ensure that the waters are desilted.”
Obi who opined that water bodies or rivers ought to contribute to to the wellbeing of the people, felt dejected that the rivers have become sources of calamities, the situation which believed can be reversed.
He advised other presidential candidates to as a matter of urgency suspend their campaigns by assisting in raising awareness regarding the predicaments of floods victims across the country.
Recall that several communities in Ibi, Lau and Karim-Lamido local government councils of the state, were recently submerged by floods following heavy downpours that lasted several hours in the aforementioned councils, Daily Post reports.