Ruth Oginyi
St Paul’s old people and destitute home in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State has raised the alarm over incessant flood in their residential headquarters located at Alo Street, kpirikpiri Abakaliki.
They alleged that the flood is caused by the forceful takeover of a portion of their land in the quarters and the fencing by the state government which has prevented the free flow of water.
They said that the flood has posed their lives in danger and called for the construction of drainages in the area for proper water channelization.
John Lekpa, Chairman of the old peoples and destitute home, made this known to the members of Correspondent Chapel of the NUJ, Ebonyi State council when they visited them and donated food items to them.
Lekpa lamented that the flood if not properly channelized in the headquarters may render them homeless.
“You are the voice of the voiceless, we are having challenges in this home. If you look around our premises, you will see how bad it is because of the flood that has been disturbing us since the premises was blocked with a fence by the government that has taken over part of the premises. Since the encroachment of our premises, there has been a serious flood in our premises whenever it rains.
“The government just came and barricaded our premises and it has been causing flood in our premises. We can’t sleep whenever it rains because everywhere is usually filled with water. We don’t know where to go to. Thank God you people are here and you are the only people we can run to and the world will hear our cry. Help us and pass this information to the government, we are part of this state, we are their children, we are their brothers and sisters. The old and destitute in this area need help.
He decried the alleged forceful takeover of their land by the government because they could not develop the land.
“If this small portion of the land is taken away from us by the government because we don’t have money to develop it, where do we run to? Today, they want to take over the small portion of land that we use for our garden, the land has been barricaded and the flood has continued to disturb us. I am begging you, people to help us”, he said.
One of the female residents in the headquarters alleged that robbers have contained invaded the area at the night to cart away food items the public-spirited individuals always donate to them and called for security measures against the robbers.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Correspondent Chapel, Comrade Samson Nwafor, said the journalists will continue to remember them by visiting them always.
“We will continue to visit you people from time to time because it shows love, it shows oneness and it shows that we have you people in mind”.
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