BY KOLADE LAREWAJU
ABEOKUTA—THE Ogun State Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has assured victims of Sunday’s flood disaster in the state that government will ameliorate their plight.

The party in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Sola Lawal, called for calm, noting that government was assessing the impact of the flood towards alleviating their suffering.

The party also pledged to take precautionary measures to forestall a re-occurrence of the flood in areas such as Isheri, Ifo, Agbado, Ijaiye, Lantoro road and Oke-Ijeun amongst other places.

The statement said, “The ACN-led administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun is a responsive government which is alive to its responsibilities toward assuaging the sufferings of its people in all aspects and will not fold its hands when its people groan in agony over such a natural disaster.

“We therefore appeal to those who this sad incident has affected in any way to remain calm and await the prompt and lasting solution in the overall interest of the state. The people should not regard the floods as a setback but rather take it as highlighting the realities of the extent of work that needs to be done by the government to make the state conducive for decent and meaningful living.”

“The flood has exposed the defects in the social infrastructure in the state, particularly the drainage and faulty town planning and this will form a part of the fulcrum rebuilding policies and programmes of the government.

Senator Ibikunle Amosun has promised to implement to the letter the cardinal programmes of the ACN which is aimed at bringing drastic reforms to the style of governance in the state as well as the upliftment of the social-economic well-being of the people and the party assures that the governor stands on this pledge.

It is not a hidden fact that rapid developmental efforts have kicked off in earnest since the swearing-in of the Amosun government on May 29, not only in the state capital but also in the hitherto neglected suburbs, and this goes a long way to paint the picture of the package the ACN government has in store for the people”.