Anambra Moves To Reduce Food Effects On Citizens

The Anambra State Emer
    gency Management Agency (SEMA) has said the state government had embarked on measures to reduce effect of flooding on the people.
The Executive Secretary of SEMA, Chief Paul Odenigbo, said this in an interview with newsmen in Otuocha, Anambra local government area of the state.
Odenigbo said that part of the measures was sensitisation of communities prone to flood disaster in the state as predicted by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency in the 2015 Annual Flood Outlook.
He said that the 2012 flood disaster had helped the state to know the worst areas prone to flood and to what extent the flood could get and what to expect.
Odenigbo said that during the 2012 flood disaster, the state Governor Willie Obiano was actively involved in giving succour to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
He said that even though Obiano was not a governor then, he offered his personal compound to serve as a camp to some of the IDPs.
Odenigbo said due to the experience, the governor was passionate about embarking on proactive measures that would reduce the impact of flood in the state.
He said the agency decided to borrow from the experience of 2012 in order to prepare for smooth evacuation operations should another flood occur.
The executive secretary said the agency has already gone on sensitisation tour of Otuocha, Umueze-Anam and Anaku to prepare the people ahead of the likelihood of flood disaster in this rainy season.
Odenigbo explained that during the sensitisation, the people were also taught how to pack their valuables and be ready for quick evacuation in the event of disaster.
Odenigbo, however, called on all local government chairmen in flood -prone areas of the state to cooperate with SEMA in its task.