Averting Flooding In
Rivers:
…Says Buildings On Creeks,
Canals Would Give Way
The Sole Administrator,
Rivers State Waste Management Agency, RIWAMA, Bro Felix Obuah has again urged
Rivers people and those doing business in the State to adequately remove and
dispose of their wastes at only government approved receptacles and discontinue
forthwith from discharging refuse into creeks, canals and other waterways in
the State, to allow for free flow of water and avoid flooding.
Bro Obuah gave the
warning while reacting to reports of fresh cases of flooding in some parts of
Port Harcourt and other Local Government Areas of the State.
He also observed with
dismay, the building of houses and fenced walls on waterways, warning that such
buildings and fenced walls would be demolished if flooding must give way for
free flow of water on our streets and roads.
The RIWAMA Sole Administrator
said the ongoing de-silting of major creeks and canals in Port Harcourt,
the State Capital and its environs, is a deliberate effort of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo
Wike to tackle issues associated with heavy rainfall and floods this year and
ensure that the predicted floods in some parts of the country including Rivers
by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET, is adequately tackled.
According to Bro
Obuah, rainfall alone does not necessarily cause floods rather human
factor like dumping of refuse in creeks and canals, thereby blocking waterways
and resulting to flooding as witnessed in some parts of the State’.
He assured that
government would henceforth implement the relevant laws against indiscriminate
and illegal dumping of wastes at unapproved places as well as bring down
buildings, fenced walls and other structures on waterways, to pave way for free
flow of water on our streets and roads.
Signed:
Jerry Needam
Special Adviser On
Media And Publicity
To The Sole
Administrator Rivers State Waste Management Agency
Tuesday October 20,
2015
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