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VICTIMS OF OCEAN SURGE IN ONDO APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE

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April 22, 2023

Stella Charles Akupue

VICTIMS OF OCEAN SURGE IN ONDO APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE

The people of Ayetoro in the Ilaje area of Ondo state have called on the federal government and relevant agencies to rescue the community from the ocean surge, which has submerged over five hundred houses and rendered many homeless.

The ocean surge, a perennial problem in the area, destroyed properties worth millions of naira, including business centres, schools and hospitals.

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While speaking with Radio Nigeria, the secretary of Ayetoro Youths Congress, Mr Emmanuel Aralu, explained that the surge had taken over more than half of the community’s land, forcing displaced residents to relocate to neighbouring communities.

VICTIMS OF OCEAN SURGE IN ONDO APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE

Another youth leader, Mr Thompson Akingboye, said the community had lost over ten kilometres of the landscape to the ravaging sea surge since 2015.

Mr Thompson recalled that contracts had been approved twice for the dredging of the ocean but said no work was done on the site, while the government never bothered to query or probe those behind the negligence.

The youth leaders blamed the state government and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for failing to complete the N6.5 billion shoreline protection contract awarded to a dredging company in 2006.

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