Edo flooding self- inflicted, PDP chieftain

A chieftain of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Nosa Omoregie, has said, 'the flooding problem in Edo state is exacerbated by the activities of residents who pay nonchalant attention to the environmental situation in their various places while expecting the state government to spoon feed them or perform magic.'Omoregie, who called on the State House of Assembly to consider a bill compelling every house in the state to construct and de-silt drainage system right in their various homes with a specification also said, such gesture should also extend to intending builders where ever they are in the state, as this will go a long way in addressing the perennial flooding problems in the society.'It is worrisome, the manner we point accusing fingers at the state government, especially in areas of flooding menace and road maintenance. You see inhabitants of Benin living in homes with silted drains right in front of them without making efforts to de-silting them and whenever it rains, they carry placards to Government House to protest over their self-induced misfortune.'Secondly, apart from the likelihood of outbreak of epidemics in such dirty and filthy environments, it is regrettable that majority of our people don't have drainage system in their homes and their expectation, however, is for the Adams Oshiomhole government to locate one in their houses.He charged well-to-do Edo people, corporate bodies, banks, churches and multi-nationals in the state to always consider drainage system for such properties.'Apart from drainage and erosion control, there is this challenge of lack of cooperate social responsibility on the part of cooperate organizations and individuals. There is this absence of self help effort or community based or age group mobilization to clean the environment or clear blocked roads due to flood and erosion menace.'Worst still is the irresponsibility of the people of the state to keep quiet in the face of ugly developments. Take for instance, the construction of drainages by Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) or maintenance of federal roads by the same agency with substandard materials, wrong specifications and lack of requisite equipments for a durable and time lasting job where the people of the state keep sealed lips to suffer the consequences later.
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