The 2022 flood tells a sad story it is a tragedy with a complex plot with themes of displacement, hunger, and scarcity. In it are sub-themes of death, negligence, and fecklessness every victim with his own story, and every community their tales and narratives detailing their plight. Citizens in affected areas live in uncertainty, despair, and fear, while a few struggle to hope and display love and compassion amid adversity.
According to reports, about 603 people have died, and more than 1.3 million have been displaced, while over 108,393 hectares of farmlands have been destroyed across the country. Some flood-affected states include Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Edo, Lagos, Kano, Adamawa, Jigawa, Benue, and Borno. This year’s flood is believed to be the worst that Nigeria has experienced in decades, as it has created humanitarian crises and compounded economic challenges in the affected areas. Some communities are inaccessible and cut off from goods and services.
In furtherance of the great spirit of humanitarianism, The Norsemen Klub International (DKNI) in Anambra State visited the general hospital in onitsha to give cash gift to sick patients and paid for hospital bills to some other patients too..
Also they visited the victims of flood disaster in Atani ogbaru LGA and was received by the transition chairman of the Local government Ogbaru SEMA boss.
The Chairman of the club in Anambra chapter Mr CC Egbuna called on the federal government to quickly declare state of emergency on the menace of this flood to ameliorate the suffering of the people in IDP's camps saying that the level of damage is devastating and unquantifiable.
The state chapter admonished the federal government to find a lasting solution to this flood problems cause the effect is always inimical to the economic growth of the country...
The chapter donated some relief materials to victims and admonish them to take heart because what happened to them was a natural disaster.
They called on the state government to liaise with the Transition Committee Chairman, Paschal Aniegbuna, and Presidents General of Ogbaru communities, to coordinate relief efforts to ensure that they are prudently and transparently distributed in the best interest of victims.
“Most of them urgently need food, clothing materials, beddings, medical supplies and shelter.”