Residents of Ndi Uduma Awoke, Abia State have renewed their call to the government at all levels to rescue them from erosion which has swept away no fewer than 10 homes in the area.
President General of the Community Development Union, Eme Uche, lamented that efforts to draw the attention of the government to their plight have yielded no response, heightening fears that the entire community would soon be destroyed.
“The school has been cut off and children find it difficult to go to school. Some areas have been cut off from the rest of the people such that they go to farm with great difficulty.
“We have reported this menace in writing to the Ecological Fund office at the Presidency in Abuja and to the Abia State government for years now yet there has not been any action.
“Ten families in the community have been sacked by the erosion and if nothing is done urgently the entire community will be swept away,” Uche alerted.
Erosion has affected education, agriculture, social life, and has also cut off the Arochukwu/Ohafia federal road on the precincts of Ndi Uduma.
“Ohafia people are noted for their self help effort but this erosion problem is beyond self help and that is why we are crying to the state and federal governments to come to our aid.
“We pay taxes to the government and should be treated like patriotic citizens; the neglect is beyond imagination.”
Uche urged Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to extend his infrastructural transformation to Ndi Uduma.
The traditional ruler of the community, Kalu Nchonwa, added that since the problem started in 1999 reports to the government have met empty promises.
He implored the current administration to urgently come to their rescue to forestall further damage to property which also affects lives.
