Victims of last week’s flooding in Benue State have cried out to the state government over hunger and neglect.At the onset of the floods, the state government created special camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the Gaadi Comprehensive College, Gboko Road, Makurdi, and NKST Secondary School, Wadata, also in Makurdi, where the earliest sets of victims were accommodated.
   
However, at the Gaadi flood camp when The Guardian visited yesterday, most of the victims interviewed complained of alleged hunger and neglect by the authorities.
  
Samuel, an IDP, lamented that on the day the camp opened last week, a few bags of 25kg of rice and some bedding were handed out to them. He claimed that scores of displaced people had allegedly flooded the camp since the opening, amid static donations.
   
When The Guardian contacted the Commissioner for Humanitarian and Disaster Management, Aondowase Kunde, said the delay in the distribution of materials to the victims was informed by the government’s zeal to monitor the situation. He added, however, that before the end of yesterday, more food and materials would be donated to the IDPs. Kunde also disclosed that the flood was receding. 
  
The Guardian observed that the water levels at Tyo-Mu through Gaadi layout up to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital Staff quarters, which were affected by flooding, had receded, though not completely.
   
Information Officer of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA), Ager Tema, confirmed the reduction of the water levels. 

IN a related development, the Ogun State government has advised residents of flood-prone areas to relocate to higher ground in line with its earlier warning.
The affected areas include Isheri, Riverview Estate, Oshorun Estate, OPIC Estate, Arepo and Mawere.
  
The rest are Akute, Alagbole, Orimerunmu,and Magboro.  The Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya, appealed in response to the flooding situation in the areas, caused by the release of excess water by the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority (ORBDA) from the Oyan Dam. While noting that the release of excess water from the facility was unavoidable to avert unpalatable situations.

Oresanya assured residents that the floodwater would start receding significantly from tomorrow through waterways, watercourses, and canals dredged and provided for that purpose.
  
He added that the state government was working assiduously with its Lagos counterpart and the Federal Government towards finding lasting solutions to the perennial problems.