Abia communities cry out over devastating erosion menace, seek urgent Govt intervention

…We have tried, they are beyond our capacity to handle

…Intervention is on the way -Abia GovernmentBy Steve Oko

EROSION-threatened communities in Abia State have sent an urgent save our soul appeals to both the federal and state governments for help over an existential threat posed by dangerous gully erosion ravaging their ancestral homes.

The rampaging gully erosion is destroying homes, markets, livelihoods and other critical infrastructure and fast pushing residents towards displacement.

Several communities in Abia, particularly those in Isuikwuato, Umunneochi, Bende, Ohafia, Umuahia North, and Umuahia South as well as Aba North and Aba South Council areas, have frighteningly active erosion sites threatening various communities.