By Isaiah Eka
Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom has urged residents of the State to ensure regular clearing of drains within their vicinities to forestall flood and other ecological disasters.
Eno gave advice on Saturday at the Government House Monthly Prayer Service in Uyo.
The governor warned against the practice of indiscriminate refuse disposal and blockage of drainage channels.
He said the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET), had projected Akwa Ibom among states that would record the highest amount of rainfall in 2025, ranging from 250 to 290 days, with an attendant risk of flooding and spread of cholera.
He said the state government was committed to playing its part to avert the projected disaster, stressing that all hands must be on deck in doing so.
“Akwa Ibom has been mentioned as one of the states that will experience flood this year. Therefore, we must prepare.
“Please, clean the drainages around you, and also organise community service for this.
“Government will embark on desilting of the drainages, but support the effort of government to succeed,” Eno said.
Eno directed the Ibom Community Watch, a security outfit in the state, to map out strategies to monitor and restrain people from indiscriminate dumping of refuse to prevent regular blockage of drainage channels.
He sympathised with those who had already been affected by some natural disasters, assuring that government would send relief materials to them.
In his homily, themed “God of Great Wonders”, Rev. Peter Omiunu of Flourishing Harvest International Church urged the congregation to trust in God.
Omiunu took his text from the book of Psalms 77:14-20.
He admonished the people to continue to trust and believe in God, who is unfailing, full of great wonders and always turns things around for His people.
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