BY FESTUS AHON
Delta State chapter of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has challenged the state government to take practical steps towards alleviating sufferings of Deltans who were recently sacked by flood in the state occasioned by the overflow of River Niger.
Describing the recent flood that cut off no fewer than 50 communities in the state, including some parts of Asaba, the capital city, as a national disaster, the party said the havoc wreaked by the flood was beyond mere provision of camps and relief materials for the victims.
State party chairman, Chief Adolo Okotie-Eboh, in a statement by the party's Publicity Secretary, Mr. Frank Eghomien, enjoined the state government to liaise with the Federal Government and relevant agencies in addressing the perennial problem of flooding in the state.
Okotie-Eboh said: "In a spiritless and unsuccessful attempt to reach the hapless communities cut off by recent ravaging flooding in the coastal areas of Delta State, the Deputy Governor reportedly observed, and rightly too, that the occurrence was a national disaster. But rather than procrastinate and make untenable promises on radio and on the pages of newspapers, government rhetoric's should be matched with urgent action. In this regard, Delta State ACN, calls on the government to seriously address and deliver on the plights of the affected communities."
Vanguard Nigeria