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By Madu Obi
THE landslide that cut off one lane of the Onitsha-Owerri expressway at Oba in Idemili South local government area of Anambra State may soon swallow the popular Rogeny Games Village and the multi million naira First Choice Plastics Ltd located in the area.
Also threatened are buildings and acres of land already ploted for development. It was discovered that more cracks have developed on the other lane currently being used by motorists.
The further spread of the erosion menace was noticed on when the Senator representing Anambra Central zone, Chief Victor Umeh, led members of Oba Royal cabinet to inspect the site. Umeh defied the security threat in the state on Friday to inspect the landslide.
He said that what he saw requires an emergency intervention from the federal government.
The Senator said: "There is no guarantee that the other lane will survive another two weeks from what we have seen. Many factories and houses are already collapsing and people working in those companies have suddenly lost their jobs, unless emergency work is done."
"This is a major gateway to the Eastern part of Nigeria. The second Niger Bridge is not far from here and all the vehicles coming from the Western part of the country into the South East and South South states pass through this road, which is why urgent action is needed."
"Almost every community in the state is threatened by erosion. South East is small in land size and it is regrettable that we are losing even the small land we have to erosion."
"I will show the video clips of the site to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio by next week because even his people of Akwa Ibom pass through this road and they cannot go home if this road is cut off."
"The East-West road that connects the South South from Lagos has become a nightmare even after enormous amount of money was spent on it and so, everyone uses this Onitsha- Owerri road."
Umeh advocated for the development of an erosion map for the South East to serve as a guide in combating erosion in the zone.
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