Flood: Benue asks residents living on river banks to move immediately

Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA) has called on residents of the state who are living on river banks and other flood prone areas to immediately move to safer grounds.

This is as the agency disclosed that it had commenced plans to evacuate likely victims of the impending flood that might hit the state, following the red alert from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on the release of excess water from Lagdo Dam by the Cameroonian authorities.

The acting Executive Secretary of BSEMA, James Iorpuu made the call in Makurdi during a tour with members on the state’s Emergency Flood Committee to assess facilities in some designated places within Makurdi where anticipated victims of the impending flood would be accommodated.

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According to Iorpuu, the agency was working closely with the Emergency Flood Committee as directed by Governor Hyacinth Iormem Alia “to find a suitable and safer place for those that would be affected by the impending flood. I can assure you that facilities in the designated places would be provided within the shortest possible time before the evacuation process would commence.”

Speaking during the tour, the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Matthew Abo, assured of the readiness of his Ministry to embark on massive awareness and sensitization campaigns on measures that would ensure the safety of the people living in riverine communities across Benue State while his counterpart in the Ministry of Health and Human Resources, Dr. Ortese Yanmar said his Ministry would work closely with BSEMA and partners to ensure that all the necessary health services were provided to the affected persons.

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