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Floods victims risk cholera, malaria –Senate raises alarm

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July 11, 2017
The Senate has raised an alarm that victims of last weekend’s flood disasters in some parts of the country “are presently at risk of contracting water-borne diseases such as cholera and even malaria as a result of the devastation caused by the flood to their sanitation and immediate surroundings”.
It therefore asked the federal government to assist the affected states with immediate repair and reinforcement of damaged infrastructure that could withstand future rainfall and resettle all victims of the disaster.
More than 15 persons were feared killed in Tafa and Suleja Local Government Areas of Niger State after fierce flooding ravaged several homes and farmlands.
Also in Lekki and Victoria Island areas of Lagos, hundreds of residents have been sacked from their homes by flood.
The upper legislative chamber, during plenary further urged the government to send relief materials through the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA to the victims while charging the Nigeria Meteorological Agency, NIMET to intensify its weather forecasts, with emphasis on translating them in local languages of prone areas to flood, thunderstorms and other extreme weather conditions.
These were sequel to a motion sponsored under Order 43 of the Senate Standing Rule on personal explanation by Senator David Umaru (PDP Niger East) on the flood disaster that affected Suleja and Tafa local government areas of Niger State rendering people homeless and leading to loss of lives and properties.
Senator Umaru, while presenting the motion, also called on federal government to embark on emergency intervention measure through the release of funds from ecological funds for construction of drainage system in affected states.
He further urged the government at all levels to take seriously weather forecast and flood predictions by NIMET and accordingly take proactive measures to minimize loss of lives and properties associated with flooding and other natural disasters.
He expressed the senate’s sympathy with the government of both Niger and Lagos States over the weekend disaster described as “Waters of Sorrow”.
The lawmaker, who observed that despite early weather forecast and warnings; the flood disaster continues to wreck serious havoc in its trail, lamented that “the scale of devastation is beyond the capacity of Suleja and Tafa local government councils and indeed Niger State government to handle except the intervention of government”.
Senator Umaru was also worried that “flood disasters in the country appear to have consistently caught victims off guard in spite of early weather forecast, including predictions of floods, thunderstorms and other extreme weather conditions by the NIMET”.
In his contribution, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (APC Niger North), stressed the need for government to always be proactive in saving human lives and properties rather than the usual ad-hoc arrangement after flood might have wreaked havoc.
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, in his brief remarks, charged the government to assist the affected victims with relief materials and the state governments to repair the damaged infrastructure.
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