Mr. Ndudi Elumelu, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, has advised the Federal Government on what to do to put a lasting stop to the perennial flood in the country.
The lawmaker called for immediate dredging of River Niger and its tributaries can prove to be a long-term solution to the recurring flooding ravaging the country on regular basis.
During his visitation to the six Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in his Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Delta State, where he doled out N25 million to the flood victims, the lawmaker lamented the pathetic conditions of victims of the recent flood disaster in the country.
Saying that the cash donations were to support their feeding, medication and other urgent essential needs, Elumelu who was accompanied by other notable leaders in the constituency, said he had concluded arrangements for the provisions of relief materials for the flood victims to enable them to go back to their various communities when the flood recedes.
The Minority Leader, who was at the Ogbuaofu, Oneh and Head Bridge Camps in Asaba, Oshimili South; the Illah and Ugbolu Camps in Oshimili North as well as Ewulu Camp in Aniocha South, insisted that the well-being and development of the people would continue to be the center point of his activities as the representative of the people.
Speaking to journalists after the visits Elumelu said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had always been known to empathise with the plight of Nigerians, adding that the Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Vice-Presidential candidate and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as well as the PDP governorship candidate in the state, Mr. Sheriff Oborevwori, identify with the victims.
