Edo: Food crisis imminent as flood submerges farmlands in 25 communities …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
Food crisis is imminent in Edo State as flood has submerged and destroyed farmlands in more than 25 communities in the state.
DAILY POST reports that the communities which are located in Esan South East, Etsako Central and Etsako East LGAs, are along the bank of the River Niger.
The development was said to have been occasioned by the release of water from Lagdo Dam by the government of Cameroun Republic
John Odaku, a resident of one of the affected communities, said farmlands and crops such as yam, cassava and groundnut, among others, have been submerged by flood while already harvested…
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