.... Commiserate With Flood Victims
By Fathia Jimoh, Abeokuta
The Ogun State Chapter of Unity Party of Nigeria has said that none of its member has defected to any party contrary to reports in a section of the media.
The Party also commiserated with victims of last Friday's flooding that occurred in some parts of Abeokuta saying the situation is unfortunate.
In a release signed by the Party's Chairman and Secretary in the State, Alhaja Aminat Olatunbosun,and Alhaj Moruf Popoola said the Party is saddened by the unfortunate flood that ravaged the whole of Abeokuta where no fewer than 11 lives were lost while property worth millions of naira perished.
"We cannot but commiserate with families of the deceased and victims of flood who lost their property and pray to God to give them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss".
"We have taken it upon ourselves to visit the victims and the affected areas, but our assessment of the situation shows that, this is a natural disaster and crisis between man and nature. We cannot blame anybody, but it could be averted if government had been responsive and sensitive to the plight of the people."
"We recalled with nostalgia that in 2017, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) and Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), both government agencies responsible for flood monitoring have identified and announced to the public that, 380 Local Government Area in 35 States of the federation including Ogun State would experience flooding this year".
"We believe a responsive government should have been proactive and arrest the situation from reaching this level, but the government was insensitive to such warning".
"We have done the little in our capability to render assistance to the affected victims in little way, but that is not enough, government should set up a relief fund where all well meaning sons and daughters of the state can contribute jealously irrespective of their political affiliation. Government should not deceive itself by playing politics with lives and livelihood of the victims by saying it would cater for everyone of them".
"No amount of assistance government can do that will be sufficient enough for the victims. It must be a collective efforts and be transparent".
The Party reiterated that it "remain unshaken and unperturbed by the political gimmick of some desperate politicians to rise on the pedestal of success of UPN to score cheap political goals".
"We have read in some dailies that, some members of UPN have defected to some unknown political parties, especially in Ogun State. But to set the record straight, UPN Ogun State chapter remain the only party that is yet to lose its members".
"We are still having our ward meetings to Local government and we make bold to say that, our camps are still intact. Those parading themselves as UPN defectors are "homeless politicians " who are looking for source of livelihood"
"None of our registered members in Ogun State bear those names and whoever accommodating them does at their on peril. Nobody should use UPN as way of gaining public acceptance. Very soon we shall declare our stand for the 2019 general elections in Ogun and present our candidates to the public".
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