Coastal Erosion Hits Delta Community Again

[Shola Sholaz]

...As 4 Delta communities lament power outage, send SOS to NDDC, Delta government, others BOMADI—Coastal erosion has again hit Gbekebor community, a coastal community on River Forcados flat in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, destroying d seawall jointly built by d community & d defunct Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission, OMPADEC some decades ago.
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In a 'Save Our Souls' letter addressed to d Burutu Council chairman, by Chairman of d comunity, Mr. Augustine Okiwowo, d comunity noted dat it has been facing life threatening environmental problems 4 many decades, which had bin reported in both print & electronic media, wit appeals 2 appropriate quarters 4 help wit no response.
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D community leaders maintained dat all pleas directd at deir representatives in government, particularly member representn Burutu constituency in d House of Representatives & member representing Delta South at d Senate, fell on deaf ears as dere was neither asurances nor visitations 2 deir sufferin constituent.