Erosion Menace: Commissioner for Environment, Emenike assures Urualla People of Government’s Attention

Alex Ibeh

The Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Barr Major Ejikeme Emenike has assured the people of Urualla Town in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State that the Imo State Governor Senator Hope Uzodimma would pay adequate attention to the Erosion Menace in their area.
The Commissioner who stated this recently when a delegation of the town led by the President General of Urualla Clan Assembly, Chief A. C. Nwosu visited him as they called the attention of the State Government to their plight.

The Community and its environs have been engulfed by gullies and floodwaters over the years which has caused unfriendly environment appealed to the relevant authorities to save the people from extinction.

Emenike however, pointed out that the State Government was not relenting in its effort to mitigate the danger, adding that adequate measures had been deployed to address the situation.

The people of Urualla autonomous who cried out to the State Government over erosion menace, made the appeal in a Save Our Souls (SOS) visit to the Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Ejikeme Emenike, in his office.
The community, led by the President General of the community, Chief A.C. Nwosu, expressed worry that they are being faced with existential threat posed by the erosion encroachment.

He appealed to relevant authorities to save the people from what he termed a looming environmental disaster.
He narrated that the erosion problem has been there for a long time and keeps getting worse on a daily basis especially, in the rainy season.
Nwosu further narrated that last year, one family lost three children owing to the devastating nature of the environment.

“As the President General of the community, my people have cried so much.
“I thought it wise that since our Governor is a listening leader and he has done well in the area of Infrastructural development like road and others, we decided to seek his intervention,” he said.