It’s exactly a week today, since the country experienced devastating flash floods which displaced dozens of families in the Greater Banjul area.
The President and his Vice both visited the victims and assured them of their commitment to tackle flooding in the country.
Most of the disaster victims said their current need is food as most of them lost their entire food and clothing to the flood.
While government is yet to roll out any public food packages as relief to the families as interim measures to stabilize them; the local government authorities are also blamed for being in slumber in their interventions.
Are the Local authorities waiting for the government’s intervention before they can act? Yes, it seems so.
All what we have seen from our councilors is data collection, no relief yet.
The councils should approve an emergency fund to provide interim packages for the victims rather than embarking on photo session tours.
Barrow’s government which is notorious for turning blind eyes to the masses during difficult moments is seemingly not doing enough to put smiles on the faces of these traumatized families.
What we need currently is action; not words but both the local authorities and the government aren’t doing the needful to alleviate the condition of tax payers during this difficult period.
In a statement, the National Disaster Management Agency said their data collection would be completed last Tuesday. After securing the data, what’s the government waiting for to help these victims?
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It’s also illogical for councilors to be giving their donations to the disaster agency. They are the elected officers dealing directly with the masses so all relief packages should pass in their hands for onward delivery to the victims.
