This flood menace has taken a new dimension. I hope the government of Kogi state will ameliorate the suffering of this families in order to stop these women from fulfilling their threat.
According to dailytrust Over 5000 house wives in Bassa Local
Government Area of Kogi State have threatened to divorce their husbands
if they failed to provide succor and shelters for them within two
weeks.
The women stated this yesterday in
Muzum area of the council during a post flood assessment to the area by
National Orientation Agency in company of Journalists.
The Spokesperson of the women, Hajiya
Laraba Isah said the people of the area were suffering and demand
government attention and support in order to overcome the negative
effects of last year’s flood.
The women however called on government
at all level to assist the people of the area with food and other items
since those they had before were destroyed by last year’s floods that
ravaged the state.
She said the people especially women
lost properties worth over N50 million to the floods hence they were
unable to support their families as a result of the destruction.
According to her, they are suffering
as most of them don’t have a place to call their home, saying they were
ready to leave their husband if help did not come from government and
other people.
Similarly, residents of Ajaokuta Local
Government Area have appealed to the Federal and Kogi State governments
to fulfill the promises they made to floods victim in the state.
The traditional rulers of the areas,
Alhaji Bukar Abdul Khaid lamented that the victims were treated with
disdain by government officials in sharing relief fund.
“They did not give out the money they promised to the victims. They announced that N7,000 would be paid to them. But at the end they gave them N3,000,” he said
Alhaji Bukar however called on
governments at all level to assist the people of the areas as their
schools submerged by flood still remained closed while children run
about the villages.
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