Erosion Unsettles Buildings, Displaces People in Anambra

Land erosion destroyed no fewer than 30 buildings and displaced over 50,000 people in the gully erosion that is constantly threatening the communities in Onitsha Inland, Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra State on 23rd June, 2023.
It was observed that the erosion, which gradually began in 2019, has so far damaged areas at Obeleagu and Nkisi-Aroli streets, and constantly causing fear among the inhabitants of the community since 2020, when it became fully blown.
The residents of the affected areas have therefore called on the state governor, Chukwuma Soludo, to rescue them as a result of the ecological disaster.
Two churches, a school, shops, and residential buildings are already completely destroyed by the erosion.

The correspondent of Punch Newspaper who visited the site on Friday, report that a three-storey building that has been constructed close to the gully at Nkisi-Aroli Street caved in three years ago, and since then the erosion has kept expanding.

Onwa Chukwudobe, a septuagenarian and retired educationist, who is one of the most threatened victims, “said he had suffered untold hardship in the past three years due to the erosion”.
Mr Chukwudobe added, “I thank God that I am still surviving, and I thank the state government for the much they have done, but as you can see the calamity is not over yet, as it is rapidly ravaging properties in the area.
“The team, which is inter-ministerial has the State Emergency Management Agency, ministries of environment, education, local government areas, power and water, health, agriculture, transport, works, and other concerned government agencies.
“The Team is already working on pre-flood strategies to address the challenges. Precisely, on April 28, the team, through SEMA, started a sensitising tour to the affected LGAs.”

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