The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Borno State chapter has sympathized with the state government and people of Chibok and Askira Uba local government areas of the state over the devastating flooding in the communities.
The flood which claimed lives, wreaked damage on farmlands and displaced many of inhabitants of the communities including Lassa and Chibok township,
A statement signed by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Amos Adziba, said the party condemned the inability of government to quickly mobilize rescue teams and aids for the victims, many of who lost valuable property.
The statement reads in parts: “Report has it that the flood disaster which occured few days ago displaced many citizens of the local government areas and destroyed hectares of farm lands.
“We condemn the slow response of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on the disaster. We wonder why SEMA, an agency created by the State government with the mandate to respond speedily in times of emergency will wait for the members of the communities to raised the alarm before performing its duties.
“In view of the above, we consider SEMA’s action unfortunate and unprofessional. We, therefore, advise all agencies of government whose duty it is to provide emergency services to do so promptly in order to save lives.
“We call on both the states and federal governments to be more proactive by taking adequate steps to put in place mechanisms that will curtail such level of disaster in other flood-prone areas across the and country at large.
“We pray for the souls of all those that lost their lives to rest in perfect peace and console all the affected families to bear this irreparable loss.”