A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Dakuku Peterside has blamed the flood been witnessed in the state on the failure of the Wike-led administration to heed to the warning from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, few weeks ago.
NIMET had in a statement warned of adverse flood in the state.
Dakuku, a former commissioner of works said it is shocking that the state government chose to put the blame on Rivers people who are already suffering from lack of jobs and economic empowerment.
He said the failure of the current administration to carry on with a drainage master plan, that was been executed by the Ameachi administration for the city of Port Harcourt, for political reasons, is responsible for the flood.
Dakuku, also stated that over N3 billion was lost to the flood because the state government failed to act.
“Our people are traumatized, a lot of persons are displaced, we have lost several goods and properties estimated at over N3bn, social and economic life has been disrupted because the state government slept off, our people are suffering,” he said.
