Worried by the perennial flooding which wrecks havoc in Adamawa State and some parts of the country, the Senator representing Adamawa Central Senatorial District, Aminu Iya Abbas has sought for the dredging of River Benue to proffer permanent solution on disaster.
Aside the need for the dredging River Benue, Senator Iya Abbas also hammered on the need to embark on the construction of Dasin Hausa Dam project in Fufore Local Government Area in the State.
Senator Iya Abbas stressed the need for the dredging of River and construction of Dasin Hausa Dam while speaking on a motion he at the floor of the Nigerian senate recently.
He told the senate that several LGAs including Fufore, Yola South, Yola North, Girei in Central Senatorial District and Demsa, Numan and Lamurde in Southern Senatorial District respectively are being affected annually by flooding.
According to him, the affected LGAs reside along the bank of River Benue, and that whenever the authorities of Cameron Republic releases water from Lagdo Dam couple with rainfall, the river will overflow and cause flooding.
He lamented that the 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 Dasin Hausa Dam.
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