KOGI FLOOD – Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has pledged the Federal Government’s assistance for Kogi State communities ravaged by flood.
The Vice-President made the pledge on Monday while on a visit to the St.Luke’s Internally Displaced Persons’ Camp in Koton-Karfe.
He said, “I have already done some preliminary assessment; some relief materials have been sent and there is a need for more and we will ensure that more relief materials are sent.”
The Vice-President pleaded with the people to accommodate one another, “especially in this trying period”.
“We should be able to accommodate our people, to be as comfortable as possible, despite the terrible circumstances of this flooding,” he said.
Osinbajo, in company with the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, toured areas in the state affected by the flood, especially in the Ibaji Local Government Area.
“We moved round and we have taken a look at many of the flood sites and it is very clear that a lot of damage has been done to farmlands and to houses.
“For those, it is the intention of the Federal Government, working with the state government, to offer some rehabilitation and some comfort in whatever way possible to those who have lost their farmlands and those who have lost their homes.
“Land and property are under water and after this period when the water recedes, that is really when the hard work begins because those who have lost farmlands need to be restored somehow and need to be compensated.
“I hope that in the next few weeks, we would be able to return people not just to their farmlands but also to their homes,” the Vice-President added.
