Residents of Aibotse/Igbei in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State on Thursday urged the state government to find a lasting solution to the gully erosion threatening the community.
Some of the residents made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in the community.
NAN checks in the area indicated that the end of the Aibotse/Igbei Road was almost washed off by erosion, thereby inhibiting vehicular movement.
It was also observed that some perimeter fences around some of the buildings in the area had been pulled down by erosion.
Sulaimon Isaah said the problem had been a source of concern to the people of the community.
Isaah said if urgent steps were not taken to address the problem, the community could be cut off from the other areas of the local government.
He said: “We no longer sleep with our two eyes closed whenever it rains due to the threat of erosion ravaging the community.
“The heavy rains have continued to wreak havoc on portions of the road, which has already developed into a gully.”
Another resident, Sunday Asein, said the development had posed a serious danger to the residents, especially the pupils of Aibotse, Igbei Primary School.
“If urgent steps are not taken to control the erosion, the road will become history,” Asein said.
Halimat Momoh, whose house is severely affected by the erosion, pleaded for immediate intervention.
“I am appealing to the state government to assist us in finding a lasting and permanent solution to this life-threatening menace,” Momoh said.
NAN.
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