In a statement, GDI’s Executive Director, Mr. Viktor Ikiriko, asked local officials to join the effort to evacuate river belt people, noting that the majority of these settlements on the basin’s boundary were already suffering the effects of severe rains.
All concerned bodies must mobilize impact-mitigation and protection tactics, according to Ikiriko, who suggested that the National Orientation Agency, or NOA, lead the exercise.
In his words ;
“The notice to open the flood gates of the Lagdo Dam on the Benue River in Cameroon to release its water content by the Cameronian authorities has been received in Nigeria with the usual concern that accompanies such news year in year out.
“It is no longer a surprise that the Cameronian authorities periodically open the flood gates of the dam to allow water flow downstream to avoid a deluge that may break the banks of the dam thereby having devastating effects on the environment, ecosystem, and communities downstream which include the Nigerian communities lying along the Benue basin and its tributaries.
“The concern generated by the planned opening of the dam therefore is not surprising, going by what has transpired over the years, with cases of flood increasing with each year.
“The recent overflooding of the Benue River, with devastating effects leading to the submergence of farmlands, entire communities and livelihoods is still very fresh in the memory of many, especially the affected. “
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