Goods worth millions were ruined at the Building Material Market Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State following ravaging flood that wrecked havoc in the market.
This occurred during the weekend and is still ongoing as at the time of filing this report.
Traders, whose shops and vehicles were submerged by the flood have continued to count their losses as they spent time draining their shops and wares to recover any possible goods. Speaking on this havoc,
President General of the market, Chief Jude Nwankwo attributed the flooding to the carelessness and unwillingness private property developers who erected structures at the entrance to the market to give room for drainages.
Nwankwo expressed his regret that the flood affected most of the shops at the private plazas and major entrance to the market.
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“Apart from the structures and plazas that block the existing drainages along the market, some others whose structures are legally constructed didn’t make provisions for drainage channels.
“I had approached some of the property owners to give out some portion of their lands so that the market could construct a big drainage system that will be channeled to the tunnel built by the Federal government at expressway but they refused.”
Further, Chairman Board of Trustee of the market, Sir Mike Aguiyi, described the situation as terrible, stressing the need for government to ensure drainage channels were opened and new ones constructed as the traders could not handle it alone.
One of the victims, Benedict Chukwuelue decried the overflowing of the market by flood as a result of inadequate drainage channel capable of containing level of flood water entering the market, calling for government’s intervention.
Source: TheNationNews
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