The Kogi State Government says it is considering the relocation of those displaced by the recent flood in Kogi Local Government Area of the state to low cost housing buildings to be built by the State Government within the shortest possible time.
Arc. Yomi Awoniyi, Chairman, State Emergency Management Agency SEMA, made the disclosure, while on tour of relief camps in Kogi Local Government Area.
The State Deputy Governor, Yomi Awoniyi, who was in company of a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isa Kutepa, paid a visit to the Ohimege Igu, Koton – Karfe, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Gambo Isa Koto, appealed to the royal father to call on his subjects not to get agitated and worried, but to remain patient as government is making efforts to relocate those affected and who were living by the shore line.
The State Government, the Deputy Governor added is working towards providing seedlings for farmers and providing boats and Local boats for fishermen,called on the royal father to appeal to his subjects not to return to waterline as it was no longer safe.
The Deputy Governor congratulated the Ohimege Igu, Koton – Karfe, on his ascension to the throne of his fore fathers, commiserated with him on the flood that ravaged his domain, adding that it was a disaster beyond human control.
In his speech, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isa Kutepa, said he was in the area to condole with the people over the loss suffered as occasioned by the over flooding of the River Niger.
In his response, the Ohimege Igu, Koton – Karfe, urged the State Government to pay serious attention to Kogi Local Government Area in the rehabilitation program, adding that the damaged done to the area by the flood was massive and unimaginable.
