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Flood: Anambra community protests exclusion from palliatives

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The Umuzu community in Ogbaru Local Government Area is protesting over their exclusion from the list of beneficiaries as the National Emergency Management Agency and the State Emergency Management Agency commenced the distribution of relief materials to flood victims in Anambra State.

 

 

The community claimed that it has so far lost no fewer than 200 families to the flood and sees no reason why it should be excluded from palliatives meant for flood victims.

 

It was gathered that so far, a total of 61,070 persons who were displaced and affected were captured in a list but none of the displaced persons in Umuzu was included.

 

According to the list made available by the two bodies, only seven local government areas were shortlisted out of the eight council areas and the Umuzu community was not on the list.

 

The Coordinator, Umuzu Flood Committee and Coordinator Children of Farmers Club, Chris Okwuosa, while speaking to journalists in Awka on Tuesday, said Umuzu community is one of the worst affected areas during the flood where over 200 families have been missing for about a month now.

 

Okwuosa said, “We have made representations before the state government and the relevant agencies involved and even during the flood, no medical team visited Umuzu as was promised by the Commissioner for Health as well as the Chairman Ogbaru Local Government Area.

“This is a community that had over 200 families missing and exposed to the cholera epidemic and the authorities did not find it proper to include Umuzu.”

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