The Akwa Ibom State Government is set to investigate the cause of the recent flooding in some parts of Uyo, the state capital, to forestall re-occurrence, assuring the flood victims of its readiness to rise to the situation.
On Monday last week, some places in Uyo, mainly Ukana Offot, Atiku Abubakar, IBB Streets and Ekom Iman junction, among others were rendered impassable after heavy rains.
The state Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, who announced this during the Government House monthly prayer meeting held at St. John’s Chaplaincy, Uyo, said: “I want to investigate and know the root cause of the flood because we have invested much constructing underground drainage system in the state.”
Akpabio expressed shock at the flooding in some parts of Uyo despite the huge resources put in to combat the menace and announced the constitution of a committee headed by Engineer Etido Inyang, the Special Adviser on Technical Matters, to investigate the cause.
The governor said: “Last year even when the entire Niger Delta was flooded, Akwa Ibom State was exempted.”
He described the incident in the state as strange.
He said he would join President Goodluck Jonathan to Israel on Christian pilgrimage on Wednesday and pointed out that this would afford him and other Christian governors the opportunity to pray for the progress of the nation, ascribing the transformation in the state to a robust partnership with God.
Akpabio said: “When you are in partnership with God, what you have is transformation.
“We are partnership with an uncommon God and what we have is uncommon transformation.”
Earlier in his homily, Hon. Justice Godwin Abraham, who preached on the topic: “Sacrifice of Unity”, had said: “It takes sacrifice to be united.
“Jesus Christ sacrificed his life to unite the world with God.
“Man is naturally disunited in nature and disunity is a consequence of evil.”
The prayer meeting was also attended by the governor’s wife, Unoma Ekaette.
It featured song rendition by the Hilltop Choir, prayer for the nation, state, Jonathan, Akpabio and other leaders.
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