'Auchi' Of Edo State Is The Home Of A Thousand Gullies!

Auchi in Edo State is on the verge of collapsing if something urgent is not done by the relevant authorities to check the devastating effects of gullies  which have virtually swallowed  several houses while over ten persons were said to have died.

Most worrisome is the recent  gully along the Auchi-Jattu-Okenne road, which has now  divided the road forcing motorists traveling to the north  and the  south  east to follow a bush path, making the journey  horrendous for motorists. Governor Adams Oshiomhole is worried  over the devastating gully along Auchi-Okene road which  led to an accident that  claimed six  lives.

Oshiomhole, who visited the area, last week, raised  the alarm over the environmental crisis that may hit the area if the Federal Government fails to intervene urgently, just as he attributed the  problem to the alleged failure of the Federal Government to employ the services of competent contractors.

The governor was more infuriated when he learnt that six persons lost their lives recently due to the gully. According to him, "I am very worried, very concerned and it's extremely very painful that some innocent souls have been lost already.

And I don't know why the Ministry of Works and FERMA give jobs to contractors that are not competent. When you give a job that requires  seasoned civil engineers  to handle to a  one man business with no equipment,  they end up doing more damage to the environment.

That is what happened at Auchi, and that is what is happening here because this problem has been there and they tried to mend it, but look at the damage they have caused.  This disaster is the result of incompetent contractors."  Oshiomhole urged the Federal Government to deal with the disaster urgently to forestall further havoc, saying that "the  Federal  Government has to find one way or the other to deal with it because already six lives have been lost in the cause of vehicles trying to find alternative routes."



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