How I’ll Tackle Flooding If Elected President — Peter Obi

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Peter Obi, presidential candiĀ­date of the Labour Party (LP), has disclosed his plans on how to address the flooding crisis ravaging the country if elected president in 2023.

Obi opined that the flooding crisis that plagues the country could be avoided by predicting the calculation of rainfall and dredging major rivers to hold the water.

The former Anambra State governor made this known during a chat on Arise TV on Monday.

He said, ā€œWhat will I do to curb this flooding? There’s a combination of things that I need to do. There is the issue of Lagdo dam but even the minisĀ­ter said the rainfall caused the flooding and not the dam. But if you take the average rainfall in the past 20 years — since 2001 — it remains the same, which means it is predictable.

ā€œBut the issue is that we have refused to dredge some rivers. We need to dredge the River Benue and Niger from Baro, Niger State down to the Atlantic Ocean. But there’s currently no ability to hold this drainage, and tributaries are also part of what is causing this problem. The rivĀ­ers are no longer contributing to our economic growth as they should be.

ā€œThese are the things we should do to be able to contain this,ā€ he said.

Recall that Obi had anĀ­nounced suspension of his poĀ­litical campaign to visit some states affected by flooding.

He also commiserated with residents of the affected states over the impact of flooding in their communities.

Most part of Nigeria is curĀ­rently battling with flooding, with the United Nations InterĀ­national Children’s EmergenĀ­cy Fund (UNICEF) saying 34 out of the 36 states have been affected and 1.3 million people displaced.

Over 600 people have reportĀ­edly lost their lives, and more than 200,000 houses have either been partially or fully damaged.

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