Umuahia -A member of the Abia House of Assembly, Mr Chibuzo Okogbuo, has raised the alarm over the threat to the Uzuakoli-Ohafia road as a result of gully erosion at Lohum.
Briefing newsmen on the phenomenon in his office on Wednesday, Okogbuo said that the erosion would cut off the road if urgent steps were not taken to check it.
He called on the federal and state governments to take urgent steps to check the gully erosion to avert imminent danger and possible loss of lives on the road.
He said that the erosion site in Lohum in Bende Local Government Area posed a serious threat to the lives of motorists plying the road, saying that the gully erosion had become a death trap.
“My worry is that the deep gully, if not urgently tackled, may claim lives,’’ he said, and appealed to the relevant government agencies to initiate measures to check further deterioration at the site.
“I wish to use this opportunity to appeal to the state and federal road maintenance agencies to quickly intervene to save the road from total collapse.’’
The lawmaker described the road as very important, adding that it linked all the local government areas in Abia North senatorial zone.
“This is the only good road that connects Umuahia to Ohafia so it will become a nightmare to travel to Ohafia from Umuahia if it is cut off,’’ he said.
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Okogbuo described gully as the major problem facing the entire local government area, saying that the Lohum-Isukwuato road, Itumbuzor-Ntalakwu road, Obibia-Bende road and Mkpa-Lohum road, among others, were also under the threat of erosion.
“I know that there is an ecological fund for such problems, so I appeal to the state and federal governments to come to our aide,” he said. (NAN)
