Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Reng Ochekpe, has called for strong partnership between the federal, state and local governments in the provision, rehabilitation, treatment and management of water supply in the country.

Last week, one of the officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, the same agency which under-estimated the flood disaster which had paralysed the nation, was reported to have said that there would be very little food crisis next year contrary to what people were predicting.

SENATE President, David Bonaventure Mark, seems to be rapidly shedding his military political establishment’s ideological feathers. A former influential “IBB Boy” between 1985 and 1993, Mark, in latter years, seems to be repenting of some of the odious legacies of the internal colonialist policies the establishment forced down the throat of the nation in the 1999 Constitution before they vacated power.

The people of Agwagune in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State have been assured of proper resettlement to a new site following the recent flooding which devastated the entire community.

MTN Nigeria at the weekend cried out that the flood ravaging most parts of the country has also affected its operations, appealing to its customers and other key stakeholders for patience and understanding.