Babessi: Flood Victims Abandoned,Days After Floods Hit That Community
By Raymond Dingana.
Reports from Babessi,
a village in Ngoketunjia Division of the North West Region of Cameroon say,
there has been no official statement both from the North West Administration
and the Elites of Babessi; days after flood waters invaded the village on
Monday August 5th, 2019. According to a native of Babessi village
who voted to go by the name Ndangam, it’s been days since nature turned it's
ugly side on them, yet nothing has come from the powers that be: “We have been abandoned, we don’t even have
food to eat, portable water is also a problem, we don’t even have a shelter
over our heads since our homes, more than 60 of them were destroyed rendering
48 families homeless, our children are falling sick every day, yet no one
cares”. He ended.
Mohammed,
whose relatives were also affected by last Monday’s flooding told DrayInfos ,he
has been the one sending basic necessities to them after the incident: “Life in my village Babessi is becoming unbearable. The floods
destroyed our properties including food stuffs. I have been the one taking care
of my parents. I know it’s my responsibility but the government and the elites
also have a part to play. The elites are in their comfort zones in Yaoundé
enjoying themselves while we are languishing back home. When it’s time to talk
politics, you will see them running their mouths promising us things that will
never come”.
DrayInfos is
also gathering on the grounds that, those in the affected areas of
Chui,Mbow,Mbezoh and Abakwa quarters are now faced with health issues like
Typhoid Fever and many other water born diseases which we are told are on the
rise.
According
to Momoh Dero Nyibeche, a native a Babessi village who spoke to DrayInfos ,
apart from the fact that the North West Administration habeen mute ever since flood waters invaded that community, the
medical doctor at the Babessi health center had long abandoned his post making
life difficult for the sick who are now struggling to survive in the hands of
water born diseases. He also said the Fon of Babessi, HRH,Fon Oliver
Tsodonebioh III has blamed the blockage of some drainages among others
for the floods that is also known to have washed away some 160 hectares of
tilled land for the cultivation of Rice, Plantains, Coco yams and Beans.
Worthy
of note is the fact that, this is not the first time floods are occurring in
Babessi. In September 2012, sixty houses were reduced to rubble rendering at
least 95 families homeless when flood waters came visiting. DrayInfos is getting latest reports indicating that, Some elites have started responding positively to the sufferings of the flood victims. We are yet to independently confirm this part of the information.[PHOTOS OF THE
FLOODS ARE SEEN BELOW].
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