More than 3,000 students and staff of the Atani Campus of the Federal Polytechnic, Anambra State, have been displaced by flooding arising from the overflowing of the River Niger.
Ten offices and 15 classrooms were totally submerged after the downpour of Thursday night, the Public Relations Officer of the polytechnic, Mr. Obini Onuchukwu, said on Friday.
"Documents and other equipment of the institution were lost. Our students are currently being evacuated by the school authority to safe areas awaiting emergency relief from the government," he said.
Onuchukwu said the management was contemplating closing down the campus in view of the development, which did not seem to be abating.
He said the institution was in dire need of support and assistance from relief agencies.
Meanwhile, the Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on the FG to declare five local government areasof the state – Anambra West, Anambra East, Ayamelum, Awka North and Ogbaru – as flood devastated areas.
Voting on a motion brought by the member representing Anambra West, Mr. Victor Okoye, the house called on the FG to send relief materials to the victims and create camps for the thousands of victims who have lost their homes and farmlands to the flood. Source:Punchng
These floods keeps sacking people from their communities and now even from an institution...we only pray it subsides.
This flood has to be taken care of before it stops students from going to school.Nigerian government should do something
It is that terrible? A solution should be put in place as soon as possible
what is our faith about the flood