Communities hit by flood two years ago in Edo State have called on the State government and the Federal Government to take urgent measures that will prevent a repeat of the disaster they went through.
The call is coming days after a warning of possible flooding by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency.
The communities, Anegbete and Agenebode, appealed for the completion of the dredging of the River Niger and as well the construction of a permanent camp promised them by the government.
Anegbete is completely inundated by water apparently by the release of water held at the dam.
Residents of Agenebode near Anegbete and the other affected communities had raised alarm over the pouring of silt and huge sand dunes in what is supposed to be the middle of the River Niger at Agenebode.
The Executive Director, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Mrs Maimuna Momodu, explained that the situation may have accounted for the severity of the flooding as the shallow river could not hold the volume of water released from the Dam.
The new flood alert has left residents of Anegbete community apprehensive, with some already growing weary of it.
They are expressing fears that they could also record low harvest this year just like they experienced last year.
However, they told Channels Television that the government had promised them a permanent camp at the upland but two years after only one structure had been built.
Their current predicament underscores the need for the relevant authorities to heed their appeals in order to forestall a repeat of the flooding.