Flood Alert: Fear Grips Joinkrama Community

Indigenes of Joinkrama com
munity in the Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State have been gripped by fear, following report of an impending flooding in the area.
Investigation revealed that most indigenes of the community and across Engeni Kingdom are now occupied with ways and means of removing their property to safer areas to avoid them being destroyed in the incident as it was the case in 2012.
The Tide also learnt that the situation is affecting farming activities the major occupation of the people as their efforts will be an exercise in futility as the impending flood disaster will surely wash away the farms.
An indigene of Joinkrama community, Prince Sodin Akiabga told The Tide that, the major concern of the people at the movement is how to survive the disaster when it eventually comes.
Prince Akiaba said that this was necessary as the 2012 flooding recorded lost of lives and infrastructures, stressing that non of the infrastructures destroyed in the 2012 flood disaster has been replaced by the government.
He also alleged that thousands who lost their homes to the incident are today homeless with no effort by the government to rehabilitate them, adding that the result is that poverty is now prevalent in Engenni than the rest of the state.
Prince Akiaba also queried the manner in which the immediate past Administration handled the issue, adding that with all the monies appropriated towards rehabilitation of victims of 2012 flood disaster. Nobody from Jeinkrama and the entire Engenni benefited.
“I want to express total disaffection with the way previous governments both at the state and federal levels handled the matter.
“After a lot of money have been appropriated, noting was done towards the plights of the people who have been thrown into abject poverty.
“Those who lost shelters and homes even with assurances by government to that effect” and stressed the need for the present Administration in the country to institute a probe into how the relief fund was managed.
He however, expressed optimism that, the state government headed by Nysesom Ezenwo Wike will do everything possible to ameliorate the plights of victims of the disaster.