Wednesday 16 October 2013

Flood wreaks havoc in Uyo


flood: Image: Associated Press

Some residents of Eniong and Mbiabong Housing Estate said the downpour had destroyed their household items worth millions of naira.
The rain, which started on Monday night, lasted several hours and submerged many houses and obstructed traffic in some parts of the state capital.
Mrs Affiong Udoh, a housewife at Atan Offot village, said that she had a hectic day salvaging some property from the flood.
Udoh, who called on the State Government to come to the aid of the residents, blamed the flood on indiscriminate development in the state capital.
The president of Mbiabong Estate Residents Association, Mr Anselm Etuk, said his house was completely submerged by the flood.
Etuk said that flooding was a perennial problem in the estate and appealed to the state government to extend its flood control technology to the area.
Another resident of the estate, Mrs Florence Eyo, whose house was submerged, said she lost all her property in 2011 and again in 2012.
Eyo said the residents of the estate had been tormented over the years by flood and appealed to the government to come to their aid.
NAN recalls that N13.6 billion had been invested in "pipe jacking flood control technology" by the state government.
The Commissioner for Environment and Mineral Resources, Mr Enobong Uwah, whose ministry oversees flood control, could not be reached for commentary

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