Residents of Kwoi in Kaduna State who fled are returning as normalcy seems to have returned following recurrence of earth tremors in the area.
Ben Kure, the Interim Chairman of Jaba Local Government Area, where Kwoi is located, made this known in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday in Kafanchan, Kaduna.
He said that there had not been any recurrence of tremors since last Tuesday, adding that residents who had earlier fled their homes were gradually returning.
The Chairman said although quite a significant number of residents fled for fear of the unknown, normalcy was being restored in Kwoi and its environs.
Kure disclosed: “As we speak, farmers who found it difficult to go to their farms are now going and business premises are opening, while our pupils have resumed in their various schools.”
Kure said that although the devastating effect of the tremor still left the people in shock, while others have their property damaged, “the community is coming alive again’’.
He noted: “The community is praying that the ugly incident will not repeat itself.”
Meanwhile, some residents of Kwoi have decried government’s neglect to the plight of the community.
They expressed dismay that no attention had been given to those who suffered loss due to the earth tremor incidents that rocked the area.
Rev. Emmanuel Bako, a clergy said that the community was not pleased with government’s attitude in response to the recent calamity that befell the area.
Bako said: “The government is not being responsive enough to cushion the suffering of the masses.
“One should expect that by now those whose houses were affected during the tremor would have received some kind of palliatives.”
Bako said that the government needed to do more than paying lips service if it would win the confidence of the people in the state.
Sunday Istiphanus, a civil servant, another Kwoi resident said that the hope of the residents was heightened with the presence of NEMA but were disappointed as no gesture followed the visit.
Istiphanus said: “NEMA with other experts only came to take pictures and spread the news like journalists without any action to backup their visit.”
Barely two weeks after earth tremor occurred in Sadandagi in Kaduna, another occurred on September 11 in Kwoi and over 300 houses were affected.
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