Property worth billions of naira is at risk due to severe erosion on the Oba axis of Onitsha-Owerri Expressway.
A filling station and a hotel are close to the erosion gully that has already cut through the Federal Highway’s Owerri-bound roadway and is posing a threat to the second lane.
The Anambra government has already blocked off the dangerous section of the road, shifting all of the stress to the second lane, which is about to collapse.
If immediate action is not done to stop the gully erosion threat, the well-known Rojenny Stadium and Games village, which has a football field with a seating capacity of roughly 30,000, may also collapse.
Over 350 residential houses, acres of undeveloped land, a filling station, and a two-star hotel are all under danger due to gully erosion, according to Mr. Johny Obinwa, facility consultant at Rojenny Stadium.
Obinwa said that millions of dollars’ worth of facilities in Rojenny had been destroyed as a result of frequent flash floods from Ichi, Nnobi, Ojoto, and Uruagu-Oba.
“Our Olympic side swimming pool has overflown, the flood causing this gully erosion flows from Ichi, Nnobi Ojoto and Uruagu-Oba communities in Idemili South Local Government Area. It is also because the gutters and water channels are too small.
“On our part as management, we are doing what we can to mitigate the disaster, but we need a lot of work to do to protect the sporting facilities that are in the Games Village, that is why it is important that Federal and Anambra governments come in.
“The way it is, Rojenny is only serving as a protective shield for communities behind us, the gully erosion behind the stadium is growing and may sweep the whole area away soon,” he said.
