The Rivers Status House of Assembly has suspended its plenary and every other subject to sympathise using residents displaced by the novel flooding across the condition.
The House, during its 55th legislative sitting of the fourth session, said it was touched by the sufferings of Rivers persons, occasioned by the ravaging floods in the status.
The House, which resolved on a motion moved by the Deputy Majority Director, Linda Somiari-Stewart, called for urgent steps in tackling the worsening flood condition in the situation.
She painted a grave picture of the condition, where residents’ possession and means of livelihood have been destroyed, saying that greater worrisome was the describe that remarkably poisonous reptiles now occupy submerged homes.
She added that as a responsible assembly, members cannot watch minus doing anything whilst their constituents go across such life-threatening flood.
Stewart prayed the House to grant her prayer by moving to the flood- impacted areas and see the severity of the effect.
Earlier than ruling on the motion, the Speaker, Martin Chike Amaewhule, expressed sympathy to residents affected by the disaster, and urged members to go to their assorted constituencies, admission the status and confirm that they offer mitigation for the persons in any route they could.
The Speaker, who later led the lawmakers to contact on some flood-ravaged areas in Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor nearby government areas of the declare to admission the rank of damage, lamented over the destruction caused by the flood.
Speaking alongside newsmen following the name on, Amaewhule said the decision to embark on the inspection was prompted by a motion adopted by the House and the a lot of distress calls received from constituents across Rivers Condition.
He lamented that a lot of families had been displaced and assorted roads became inaccessible, describing the condition as a large worry that demands speedy government’s intervention.
Source: Rivers Assembly halts plenary as flood ravages state
