The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has revealed his plan to visit communities ravaged by flood in Nigeria.
This was stated in a release by Paul Ibe, his media adviser, adding that the former Vice President would commence his tour on Tuesday in Bayelsa State.
The statement reads: “Tours to states ravaged by flooding become incumbent in view of the trauma that the incidents have caused its victims.
“Consequently, the tours will provide the presidential candidate the opportunity to have an on-sight impact assessment of these flooding incidents and give him a veritable window to input those ecological concerns in his policy documents.”
“The PDP presidential candidate had supported flood victims in Jigawa, Yobe and Kano long before now. He was also the first candidate to speak on the issue and had counselled that persons living around the most vulnerable areas be temporarily evacuated following the alert by the meteorological agency that a further 24 states faced the risk of major flooding”.
SaharaReporters had reported how rampant flood situation across the country ravaged many communities, washed away farms and destroyed people’s properties.
Commuters passing through these communities were made to pass through longer routes to get to their destinations.
Many roads were washed away, and many farmlands, houses, vehicles and other properties also succumbed to the overpowering effect of flooding.
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), also visited some communities disturbed by flood in Benue State on Wednesday, promising to contribute towards alleviating the suffering of the people.
International leaders have also shown their solidarity with the country.
The British monarch, King Charles III, on Friday condoled with Nigeria over the devastating floods that have ravaged the country in recent months.
Chinese President Xi Jinping also commiserated with Nigeria over deaths recorded as a result of the tragic events.
