By Anastasia Agunwa :
The residents of Anambra State have been warned to be cautious of the imminent flood disaster between August and October this year.
The State Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Anambra State, Barrister Charles Nwoji, said that the prediction was made by the Director General of the Nigerian Meteorological Institute, Professor Mansur Bako Matazu on 15th of this month during a Training Workshop organized for the State Directors of the Agency.
The State Directors of the Agency was drawn from the thirty-six States of the Federation including Abuja on Semi Security Management at Abuja.
The State Director, who was speaking on Wednesday in Awka while addressing the meeting of the Association of Past Presidents General of Anambra State(APPAS), said the event was part of the activities of the Agency in engaging the Stakeholders on the urgent need for effective response to the current flood disaster in the country.
Barrister Nwoji noted that the current flash flood in the country has resulted to tragic loss of lives, livestocks, collapsed houses, displaced residents and washing away farmlands across the country,
He therefore, appealed to the Association to use their influences as major Stakeholders in the State to educate the people on the dangers of blocking the water channels with refuse in the State.
He gave matching order to the residents of the State to join efforts with the Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo in his environmental campaign ,especially in the area of proper refuse management.
He advocated the immediate demolition of any building erected on water drainage, calling on the people to form the habit of desilting the drainages around them for their healthy living.
The NOA boss also appealed to the Association to assist the Agency in propagating the good news to the grassroots ,especially to those living in the coastal areas across the State.
Earlier, the National President Association of Past Presidents General in Anambra State, Chief Omeife Omeife described the event as very apt, recalling that he lost one of his cousins to flood last five years.
He pledged the unwavering support of the Association to NOA with a view to taking the messages of the program down to the grassroots in the State for more effective awareness creation.
