Jos, 13 October, 2022 / 8:55 pm (ACI Africa).
Christian leaders in Nigeria have called on the Federal government to create a “Presidential Flood Relief Committee” towards the support of victims of destructive floods in various States of the West Africa nation.
In their Tuesday, October 11 statement, the church leaders under the auspices of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) say flooding in Delta, Anambra, Bayelsa, Adamawa, Taraba, Benue, Kogi, Jigawa, Kano, Sokoto States has caused “serious collateral damages” to citizens.
“As a result of the flooding in Kogi, many travelers and traders are suffering serious collateral damages by being stranded around Lokoja and its surrounding districts, while truckers of perishable foodstuffs are on the verge of losing hundreds of millions of naira as their goods rot away even now that the nation is struggling to maintain food security,” they say.
CAN officials who include representatives of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) add, “Hundreds of distributors of refined petroleum products are trapped in a heavy traffic gridlock that reportedly stretches as far as 10 kilometers.”
“CAN urges the Federal Government to urgently set up and empower a Presidential Flood Relief and Rehabilitation Committee that will consist of eminent and wealthy Nigerians, to mobilize financial assistance from both the public and private sectors for victims of the flood disaster raging communities across the country” they say.
