From Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha

The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO)) has appealed to Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State to establish Flood Victims Trust Fund and Flood Victims Welfare Committee to source fund towards providing adequate relief materials, palliatives for the flood victims.

The group said that the committees would help for prompt and permanent rehabilitating of victims of the flood disasters and their families immediately the flood recede.

The Anambra state chapter of CLO Mr. Vincent Ezekwueme in a statement said that victims pathetic and painful problems, plights and predicament was huge that government alone cannot ameliorate their challenges ranging from lost of houses, source of livelihood, farmlands, crops, properties and many more.

The statement tagged “whatever that affects one directly, affects all indirectly” called on citizenry, philanthropists and public spirited individuals to contributes generously toward upkeep of victims, their families, children and extended families.

“According St. Mother Theresa of Calcutta “one has not lived unless he lives for others.
It is note worthy that a friend is known in times of trouble, trials,temptations and tribulations not in happiness and merriments.

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“Let us collectively, collaboratively and cooperatively wipes away tears, pains, sufferings and sorrows of victims of horrendous flood disaster.

“Government should also constitute men and women of impeccable integrity as Flood Victims Welfare or Rehabilitation Committee to ensure transparent and judicious disbursements of the fund to the authentic victims.

“We reiterates our early appeal to FG to provides palliates and relief materials to the victims urgently, their pitiable conditions and predicaments deserved immediate public sympathy, mercy and urgent attention.

“We appreciates Soludo’s recent visits to the IDP’s Camps and appeal to him to provides adequate basic necessities of life to the camps to make victims comfortable, feel at home and cared for by government” Ezeukweme appealed.