The Senator Representing Adamawa Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly Distinguished Senator Iya Abbas, has called for the dredging of River Benue and construction of Dasin Hausa Dam to check the devastating effects of flooding on communities, along the banks in the state every rainy season.
Senator Iya Abbas who is the Chairman Senate Committee on Science, Technology and Innovations made the called while speaking on an existing motion on the floor of the Nigerian Senate last week on the need to provide lasting solution flooding in about seven local government areas of Adamawa state.
The lawmaker who said the dredging of River Benue, by the Federal Government, became necessary to check the colossal damage, usually associated to flooding in the affected communities of Furore, Yola North, Yola South, Girei in Adamawa Central and Numan, Lamurde and Demsa in Southern Senatorial District.
According to him, the affected LGAs reside along the bank of River Benue, and whenever the authorities of Cameron Republic releases water from Lagdo Dam couple with rainfall, the river will overflow, causingflooding.
He lamented that this preventable natural disaster claims several lives and destroy property worth millions of naira annually, saying that the only solution to recurrent flooding is the dredging of River Benue and the timely construction of the Dasin Hausa Dam.
Senator Abbas who narrated the ordeal of victims of the annual flooding, urged the Federal Government to embark on dredging of River Benue to permanently address the problem.
He equally called on the relevant authorities, to urgently come to the aid of the victims, with the provision of relief materials to alleviate their sufferings.
