Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has tasked the Federal Government to urgently dredge Rivers Benue and Katsina-Ala as a panacea to the perennial flooding in the country.
The Governor gave the recommendation when he received the Presidential Committee on Flood and Disaster Management, at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi.
Flooding has become a yearly occurrence across the country particularly in Benue State where the Benue River ends up over flowing its banks.
This always ends up rendering people homeless, shutting down businesses, among other damages.
Flood control infrastructure is believed to be the necessary measures to manage to damage.
The Presidential Committee on Flood and Disaster Management, in Ben7e led by its Chairman, Emmanuel Adanu
The state Governor commends the Federal Government for setting up this crucial committee.
The mandate of the committee iss to interact with stakeholders with a view to developing a masterplan for the prevention of the flood disaster which was becoming a perennial occurrence.
Governor Ortom particularly requests the Federal Government through the Committee to offer incentives to farmers who lost their farms as result of last year’s flood disaster which ravaged the state and other parts of the country.
Benue, Nasarawa and Kogi States are along flood tracks and Benue State will be particularly studied and captured in the report of the Committee,
The target is to put economic value to flood control, management and reorganization.
APC, PDP TRADE WORDS OVER ATTACK ON FEDERAL LAWMAKER
The Police in Ondo State have launched a full-scale investigation into the alleged attack on the convoy of a member of House of Representatives, Tajudeen Adefisoye, popularly known as Small Alhaji, by political thugs in Idanre Local Government Area of the state.
The All Progressives Congress, APC federal lawmaker, who pointed accusing fingers at the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP supporters, wants the police to get to the roots of the matter.
But the state chapter of the PDP has exonerated its members from the attack.
The attack on the convoy of a member of House of Representatives, Tajudeen Adefisoye, popularly known as Small Alhaji, in Idanre by political thugs, has continued to generate reactions from different quarters.
The lawmaker, who is representing Idanre/Ifedore constituency at the House of Representatives, was allegedly attacked while returning from an outing.
Addressing journalists in Akure, Adefisoye accused the candidate of the the People’s Democratic Party, PDP for the House of Representatives and his supporters of carrying out the attack.
His vehicle was shot and part of its windscreen was partly affected.
But the PDP candidate, Festus Akingbaso exonerated himself and his supporters from the attack, describing the allegation as a blatant lie.
He accused the APC lawmaker of sponsoring thuggery in the community.
The police in the state have however launched an investigation into the matter.