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Friday, 30 September 2022 is indelible in the mind of Francis Uyanne, a resident of Atani in Ogbaru Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State. That was the day he and his family members “walked on water.”
“We just woke up and found water everywhere in our house,” the father of four told PREMIUM TIMES.
The flood water destroyed valuables in the house and the family had to move out to the streets.
“The government provided IDP camps but it could not accommodate everybody. And if you leave your house to go and stay at the camp, bulgars will move into your house and cart away the valuables,” Mr Uyanne narrated.
The flood also submerged farms in Atani, a predominantly agrarian community where the mostly subsistent farmers grow cassava, yam, rice, pepper, potatoes and other food crops.
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