By; ISAAC ODEH, Kaduna
The National Rescue Mission (NRM) Senatorial Candidate for Kogi West, Malam Bala Abdulghafar Dirisu has donated food items, include noddles, drinking water, blankets, milk and other daily essentials worth millions of Naira to flood victims in all the affected local governments areas comprising his constituency, including Lokoja and Kontokarfe LGAs of Kogi State.
Addressing victims of the flood disaster around his constituency, Malam Dirisu expressed sincere condolences to the bereaved families, who lost their loved ones in the recent devastating flood in parts of Kogi State and wished speedy recovery to the injured, undergoing treatment.
The gesture he said, is to enable vulnerable families, particularly in Lokoja and Kotonkarfe LGAs, which are worst hit areas in the state, to cope with the devastating flood water which has submerged homes, farmlands and forced residents of affected communities to relocate to safer places.
Mr. Dirisu also attributed the ugly and unfortunate incident to lack of commitment and political will from the government to tackle life threatening issues that affect not only the people of the state, but make life hard for the nation at large.
He further averred that dredging of the Niger and other rivers, building of dams along flood plains, opening more water channels and reservoirs, resettlement of residents in disaster/flood prone areas and other natural disasters like earthquakes and erosions, will help prevent this disaster in the future.
Dirisu urged the populace to vote against candidates that don’t have them in mind and would act in the overall interest of the people and not for selfish few.
He said the 2023 election is a referendum against evil leaders and vowed to make a difference when elected as Senator to represent the good people of Kogi West.
It would recalled that for over three weeks running, thousands of travelers and residents of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital have experienced severe hardship due to heavy flooding as a result, thousands of people are displaced.
About ten people were reported dead and a large chunk of the city submerged by the flood.
Areas affected include, New Market, Old Market, Galili, Adankolo New Layout, Sarki Noma, Ganaja, Kabawa, 500 Units and Dadumo.
