Topic: The after effects of flood and to combat them. (Read 159 times)

The flood news don dey everywhere both for radio and TV say flood wey pass last year own dey come this year. Government work na to announce but them no go provide means wey them go use help the citizens wey this flood go affect or create an alternative place for flood victims to pack go because them no care about the suffering wey this disaster go put on the victims. If you dey stay any area wey flood dey affect,I beg use this time dey plan how you go take face this challenge so that the flood no go take you unaware. If you say u won wait till you see am for eye,bros na there you don make big mistake. Plan ahead of time so that you no go see the flood as suffering.

In those days, I dey hear of sanitation days, either 4 1st Saturday of d month b4 dem shift go last Saturday of s month en nw, e don turn history. Abi dis tin still dey effective 4 ur area, way pple go dey clean dere environs frm early morning 2 at least 10am 4 mornin nd in dat tym, pple no go dey waka 4 Street.

Dis dey provide tym 4 us 2 use commot dirty 4 where we dey live. E dey provide opportunity 4 pple 2 commot sand for gutter bt nw, nobody dey do dat kind tin again. We nid dey responsible 4 our environment. At least, watin government don put in place, we go try dey maintain am nd avoid 2 dey build house 4 were water suppose pass.

E really dey good for our government to look into this flood matter since them go feat do something to help prevent this much damages anytime this flood come. Like last year own was too bad and we don really dey tired of all this problem make our government try look into this issues.

Last year was actually the first year I have witnessed such a great flood disaster to the southern part of the country. This lead to many unrest and lost to lives and properties, no one ever pray for their country or region to witness such again. Just recently, I heard from a friend saying that this year we’re going to experience more flood than the previous year, I don’t know how true it is, but whatever the case may be, I hope the government find a way to combat it before it escalates like the previous year.

This flood matter is a very big issue that has and is still causing many problems; from loss of lives to food insecurity. As a matter of fact, my community, at the bank of the Orashi River, was 98% submerged under water and this turned the once agricultural community to a place of hunger and starvation. 

Worse still, there are still predictions that the flooding of this year will be bigger than that of previous years (source: https://www.thecable.ng/actions-should-be-taken-early-nema-warns-of-massive-flooding-in-2023/amp) .

Combating the flood will need the intervention of government and various stakeholders as the process is capital intensive and requires strong political will. Some of the measures that presents a feasibly sollution include but not limited to :
1. Dredging of River Niger, River Orashi and other tributaries.
2. Building a tunnel that will connect River Orashi to the Soibriro River to take some of the volumes at peak period.
3. Building artificial water storages in Adamawa, and other northern states where such water can be used for irrigation purposes.
4. Ensuring proper drainage system and strong orientation on amoral dumping of refuse.

If these measures are put in place, am confident the flood will be checked and we can even realise some gains from it in terms of agriculture.

It's the same in our country too. While those affected areas are suffering and still waiting for rescue, the senate are still arguing what to do instead of taking action to resolve the problem. There was also a time that the intended donations and relief goods along with the money were pocketed by the officials and the goods that arrived on the affected area are either expired or rotten. This was when Yolanda hit our country and thousands of people died.

This flood matter no be small, because since I was born I never see flood wey pass last year own because many people lost properties and life of people's, especially children and the most painful thing is that government didn't do anything about it they just send people and come and write down some names of the people and houses that are collapse and from that day shi shi no come from them and they didn't come back up to today.

The matter be say, the government don dey too bad way be say, you no go even know when them do better thing abi wen them dey yeye themselves, dey turn country way for dey sweet everybody to where people go dey wish to run commot. Country way dem don rate as next market way forum investors go just come, make money commot and we no go gain anything. Na the lecl way we don reach now and na the corruption in the system don cause.
E don too dey easy to blame the government for even situations way we kwa for fit help avoid or at least, reduce the effect.

One of our major issue for this we country na say, we no even sabi maintain something. Imagine say government go run drainage pass for your corridor but you kwa, you no go fit still clean am. Instead, we go turn am to where we go dey throw-way dirty, dey wait make tain carty am commot. Them go tell person say, here na water logged area, person go wan sand fill am, make e for build House. Even when them warn of impending danger, we go cut corners to make our will happen.

Governor for my state, e go sand fill one full delta way dey help for water sedimentation, filtration and purification to use build Park. Na watin wan von do the function  abi na where the water wan go again. Na some of the matter be that.

We dey very much to blame as much as the government.

This flood dey among of the most biggest thing wey this our leaders suppose take eyes look for my side some villages are distroyed you go just see many houses got damaged by flood, people are homeless, you will be on your sleep at night sometimes you will just wake up meet yourself in the water, the governments will just come after looking at what dey loss they will just make some fake promises which dey cannot fulfill, during raining season dey don't use to have peace of mind and our government refuse to do something about it.

I just wish this naija should be better.

The occurrence of flood sef dey destroy so many things for the country. i been dey last week go ahoada as we dey pass the federal road na so i see many people just dey by the road side dey pick gravel and sand from the road wey flood don destroy and the thing wey surprise me sef be say even as flood don go wey dem suppose find wey fix this road  the government dem just dey adamant about the whole problem wey e dey cause.

Most people lost their homes to the flood, and they have not been able to rebuild them due to a lack of funds, and yet the government does not lend a helping hand to them. 

The Nigerian Federal Government still thinks that this flood stuff is funny, so they will not combat it now until things really get out of hand. Instead, they will see it as a means of squandering money during the process of sharing those food items after every flood. Before Nigerians know it, the sharing of those food items after the flood will turn into a business deal where the team involved in the disbursement will steal from the funds and governors will steal from the states.

I think until every part of Nigeria, both states, capitals, villages, and towns, gets affected by this flood, they may not really look for a permanent solution. This is the right time for them to fetch a solution.

Flood don turn to natural disaster for the country becos e don be like say na every year,na e the flood dey come. I dey suspect say the people wey dey in charge of this sector na dem dey make tinz worst for the flood victims as them don turn am as a means of empowerment for themselves.

Naija government just leave the people to take care of themselves matter the hash suitiation wey u dey experience,them no send you which is a big draw back to the country. I hear say flood still dey come this year but them no go plan for the people wey e go affect their means of livelihood.

Nothing government really dey do about all this matter except from creating an avenue for another massive loot.
The moment we complain too much, na so government go carry project give another wolf in sheep's clothing and na why I dey fear this our leaders because na them be the major examples of the devil you know is better than the angel you don't know.
I never really see wetin our government dey do concerning this flood matter but I also think say we also need to help ourselves by first cleaning our available drainages and keeping a save Environment at all times.

This flood matter don really cause great damage for some certain regions for this our country and this thing keep on coming and the government dem Neva really do something about am. The first major flood i witnessed was the 2012 flood which caught everyone by surprise and cause great damage all over the places wen him reach. And the things wey deh trouble me about this disaster be say, the flood wey we dey experience for this our country na actually artificial one wey dem fit control but still yet our government never look into how dem go take combat am.
  Just recently last year, the flood wey come destroyed so things and cause so many financial instability in the country because of the lots of crops and food that were lost in it and even peoples lives and property. after the flood don go sef e still deh cause many after effect for the country wey deh affect us wey be the citizens e.g
~bad or damage roads
~scarcity of things
~development of new sickness
~Displaced and homeless persons and so much more.

And what is the government doing in other to tame this flood matter wey deh this our country.