The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has raised concerns over the indiscriminate obstruction of waterways and rampant sand mining plaguing the state’s landscape.
While addressing the Anambra State Traditional Rulers’ Council meeting on Friday, Soludo mandated the immediate, state-wide desilting of all drainage systems and the cessation of indiscriminate sand mining activities.
He warned that these practices are actively accelerating the state’s vulnerability to flooding and gully erosion.
He emphasised that Anambra is currently at a dire environmental tipping point, noting that while the state has the second-smallest landmass in Nigeria, its land area is rapidly shrinking due to ecological disasters.
He said, “Let me draw your attention to the emergency that we face: the environment, flooding, and gully erosion. It is Anambra’s number one existential threat.
“While Lagos is expanding into the ocean, Anambra is shrinking. Whole communities are being swallowed, and we are battling it. If we
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