Godwin Udoh
The Delta State Government has warned people leaving on flood-prone areas in the state to move out and seek other safer places of abode, saying that it was not ready to create any Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp this year.
The state government’s call followed signals by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET).
The state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this while addressing journalists, in Asaba, the state capital.
He said that “On the account of the COVID-19 and a number of other factors we are not going to as a state open up camps this year.
“So, let not any individual begin to look forward to move into a camp where you are going to be having some free items or palliatives in those camps.
“We will try as much as possible to ensure that we meet our people but we are not going to build camps”, thereby tasking individuals to take responsibilities geared towards avoiding casualties
Aniagwu also expressed relief that the flood has not come as predicted, “But we are still pleading with our brothers and our sisters to note that the flood will still come and the implications of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET). And such we are asking them to move up lands.”
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The commissioner further stated that henceforth government would deal with any person or group of persons who engaged in the disruption or disturbance work at building sites in the state would have the laws to contend with.
Aniagwu maintained this warning has become necessary due to the widespread complaints by individuals that heavily armed persons have been coming to their building sites to harass them over developmental and allied levies.
It would be recall that in 2017 an executive bill was passed and signed into law by the Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa to stop this scourge which was hindering development across the state.
The information commissioner who noted that development is being retarded due to the activities of these “Deve” persons , warning that anyone found culpable would be arrested and prosecuted henceforth in line with the relevant laws and that it would not be business as usual.
