Obinna Ikwueto, Chairman, Orumba North Local Government Council in Anambra, has raised an alarm over the danger posed by gully erosion in Awgbu community and to the major link road and people of the area.
Ikwueto expressed the concern while reacting to the questions on the gully in Ajali, the council headquarters on Tuesday which was affecting the Amaokpala-Awgbu road.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the gully erosion of many meters in debt and width had reached the only road that linked Orumba North and Orumba South to Awka, the capital city.
He said that people could get to Awgbu through the Nibo-Mbaukwu-Umuawulu route.
He said: “This is dangerous to motorists as the shoulders of the one lane road have collapsed.”
Speaking to journalists, Ikwueto described the situation as an “emergency’’ that needed urgent attention and control.
He said the road was no longer safe and that the entire community was also at the risk of being permanently displaced.
According to him, it is a very big erosion menace, we have to use red tape and bamboo sticks to make caution signs to show there is danger there.
He said: “The road will soon collapse and the villagers are also in serious danger of losing their ancestral homes.
“Just last week, a full loaded passengers vehicle that was avoiding a truck almost fell into the ditch, we are calling on the state government under Gov. Willie Obiano to come to the rescue”.
Ikwueto also thanked the government for the palliative works going on at the Federal Polytechnic Oko stretch of Amaokpala-Oko-Ekwulobia road which also was in bad shape.
NAN reports that Orumba North has other massive gully erosion sites, including the Nanka and Oil gully.
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