Weeks after the Jalingo flood disaster that rendered many people homeless, tears as noticed by COALCITY CONNECT, have not ceased from ‘streaming down’ the faces of the affected victims.
This, as observed, is due to the inability of the relevant authorities to extend the much desired olive branches to the victims who are still in need of assistance.
All promises made by the state government to help in reducing the untold hardships that resulted from the flood, as at the time of filing out this report, have not been fulfilled, a situation that has continued to give victims sleepless nights.
The flood which occurred a few days after the northeast governors forum’s meeting which took place in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, made Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku of the State to cut short his trip to Abuja.
On arriving at the state, the governor who drove straight to the affected areas from the Danbaba Suntai airport pledged to do all he could to mop up the tears that have taken over the available spaces on the faces of the victims.
More to his pledge, the governor promised that his government will collaborate with engineers to facilitate the immediate reconstruction of damaged bridges.
Apart from the few food items made available to the victims two days after the flood by the government, their dreams of reconstructing their damaged houses, is no doubt turning out to be a mirage.
“Despite the promised made to us by the government, especially in assisting to rebuild our houses, we are yet to hear or see any help from them,” said a victim who gave his name as John Abdul.
Many victims who bared their minds to our correspondent also corroborated Abdul’s comment, saying, “apart from that very day that they distributed food items to us at the local government secretariat, we have not heard from them again. ”
During their assessments, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) had said that over 200 households were affected by the disaster.
The victims who told our correspondent that they are still expecting government to assist them with building materials to commence the process of rebuilding their houses, felt sad that they are still hanging in public buildings and other communities.
While those who have the resources were noticed to have begun to put their destroyed houses together, the reverse was noticed by COALCITY CONNECT in some cases.
Calling on the governor to fulfil his pledge, they said, “it’s the only and surest way that will help us to relocate back to our homes.”
