The Flood as it affected Awka North L.G.A. of Anambra

                                                                           Ugbene

Ugbene

To say the least, the devastation is so much. Most residents of various communities in Ugbene and Awba, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State have remained homeless and in anguish. Those who still manage to stay in their houses keep awake all nights, waiting for the next havoc the flood will wreak.

Whether they are at homes or at makeshift homes, sorrow, agony and pain are their lot. The situation is so bad that there is hardly any difference between the villages’ main rivers and flooded areas. The communities are submerged and the flood daily claims more land. As the flood surges daily, it goes on its trail with devastation to houses, farmland, and roads.

In fact, educational and economic activities of the communities have been grounded. In the communities making up Awka Noth local government areas, hunger and starvation have set in, as farmlands have either been washed away or taken over by flood. And with the road covered by flood, food items cannot be brought into the villages. All they ask for in these communities is that government of Anambra State and at the centre come to their rescue to ease the pain they have to go through everyday. We hope that the appropriate authorities come to their aid.