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No fewer than six communities including government primary and secondary schools in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State have been submerged by flooding.
The affected communities are Obiofu, Utu-umuoriji, Ase-Azaga, Ogbeogene Utuechi and Agwe among others, which are all within the Ndoni axis of the LGA.
Some environmental experts are drawn from an NGO known as the Environmental Friendly Initiative Association which went around the LGA to ascertain the level of flood impact and said more communities will be sacked by flood in the coming weeks.
Revealing this to our correspondent, the Executive Director of the NGO, Ikechukwu Ojoba said the communities that are next in line to be submerged include: Kriegani, Aligwu, Idu-Obosiukwu, Idu-Osobile, Agbogwe, Usomini-Omoku, Obieti 1 and Ebeocha, respectively.
The fact-finding mission which was carried out on Monday by the NGO also informed that farmlands and crops worth millions of naira had been badly affected by the flood.
The affected residents were said to have been confused as a lot of them don’t have an alternative place to relocate to.
But when contacted for comments, the Supervisor to the Council Authority on Environment, Lucky Ajie said the council is working to provide some refugee camps for those who had been internally displaced.
