The Anambra State House of Assembly on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 urged Gov. Willie Obiano to, through relevant agencies, intervene to control erosion ravaging some communities and roads in Orumba North Local Government area of the state.
Gully erosion in southeast Nigeria
The House resolution followed a motion moved, under Matters of Urgent Public Importance, by Mr Emeka Aforka, representing Orumba North Constituency.
According to Aforka, there is need to urgently address the problem as residents of the affected community are at the verge of being displaced.
“Erosion menace has been a recurring environmental problem in Anambra, which has placed the state as the most affected in the South-East.