Flood disaster looms as Kwara farmers ignore NEMA's warning because 'our umblical cords are buried here'

Date: 2017-09-12

Disaster looms in Kwara State as hundreds of farmers in the northern part of the state ordered to relocate from their farmlands to escape the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA's predictions of flood, have bluntly declined because, according to them, their umbilical cords were buried in the marked areas.

Recall that Kwara State was listed, last year, by NEMA as one of the states likely to be affected by flood this outgoing year, and further investigations by the state government have zeroed in on areas likely to be affected as the northern parts of the state. The identified areas are Tsaragi, Lafiagi, Shonga, Bacita, Patigi and Gbaradogi. Others are Fangan, Kpata all in Edu, Moro and Patigi Local Government areas.

We've been begging them—Commissioner Speaking at a briefing in Ilorin, the state capital, yesterday, on the prevention of imminent flood disaster in Kwara State, Commissioner for Environment and Forestry, Otunba Taiwo Joseph, expressed concern that despite several appeals to the farmers to vacate the areas to the alternatives provided for them, they had bluntly refused to leave because their umbilical cords were buried there.

He said: "Other top government officials and have visited the farmers in these areas several times, asking them to relocate because of the looming disaster. But they have bluntly refused to leave.

"They are claiming that their umbilical cords were buried in the place. If somebody hears the date of his death, must you wait for any reason?" He nevertheless noted that so far, no flood disaster had occurred in any part of the state as a result of interventions and media campaigns by the government. Cautions others The Commissioner also urged farmers along the river banks to farm with extreme caution until the current rainy season ends.

He also advised residents across the state to ensure that "all silted drainage be promptly de-silted to allow for free flow of water," noting that waste be properly disposed to designated areas and not on drainage.

He further urged that residents should desist from indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the water ways and also enjoined the local government councils and the traditional rulers to localise the campaign in their domains.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Noah Yusuf     Muhammadu Buhari     AGILE Programme     KWASEIC     JAAC     Sanitation Exercise     Abdulwaheed Musa     Oko     Binta Abubakar-Mora     National Broadcasting Commission     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Mohammed Saidu     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Olatunji Ibrahim     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Amusement Park     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Sango-UITH Road     AGF Abdulrazaq     Wasiu Onidugbe     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Afonja Descendants Union     Na\'Allah     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Oke-opin     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Ojuekun Sarumi     Adijat Adebiyi     Harafat E. Mukadam     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Pakata     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Kabir Shagaya     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Quran     Makama     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     CCT     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Lateef Fagbemi     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Alore     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Kayode Bankole     Moses Rahman Popoola     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Omu Aran     Muhammed Akanbi     Orisun Igbomina     Shuaib Olarongbe     Musa Aibinu     Atiku     Habeeb Saidu     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Isin     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Babajide Ajayi     Tosin Saraki     Wasiu Odewale     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Kwara Polytechnic     Ubandawaki     Musa Alhassan Buge     Okin Biscuits     Ilesha-Gwanara     Yahaya Abdulkareem     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Kazeem Gbolagade     Olaosebikan     Pakata Development Association     Kale Belgore     Maryam Ado Bayero    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Aliyu Umar     Oja-Oba     Isiaq Khadeejah     Tsaragi-Share     Shehu Jimoh     Magaji Nda     3MTT     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Adaramaja     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Oni Adebayo     Abraysports FC     Balogun Fulani     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Oke-Kura     Valsolar Consortium     Mohammed Ibrahim     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Third Estate     Balogun-Ojomu     Aminat Ahmed     Neo Mundo Ltd     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Young Progressives Party     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Kwara 2015     Eleja     CLAY POT     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Olofa Of Offa     Umaru Saro     Jebba     Laduba     Ilorin International Airport     Baaziki Sulaiman     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Folorunsho Alao     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     General Hospital, Offa     Olaitan Buraimoh     Buhari     Muhammadu Buhari     Orire     VADA     Bayo Lawal     SSA Youth Engagement     Air Peace     Cassava Growers\' Association     NTA Ilorin     Olabode George Towoju     UTME     Mashood Dauda     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Oro Grammar School     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Peter Amogbonjaye     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Justina Oha     Sa\'adu Salahu     Ayinke Saka     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Abiodun Oyedepo     Tanke     Michael Ologundea     Abubakar Baba     John Mayokun Dada     Olaoye B. Felix     Segun Olawoyin     Niyi Ogundiran     Sadiq Umar     Saba Mamman Daniel     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Charcoal     Saliu Ajia