The issue was caused by lack of action from the immediate past administration in the state.
More facts have emerged on why the situation has gotten worse.
The chief press secretary to the Benue state governor, Mr. Terver Akase has said the diversion of N2 billion ecological fund the federal government released to the state in 2013 for the construction of drainage channels set the stage for the current flood ravaging mot parts of the state.
Mr. Akase stated this on Thursday, August 31 during an interview with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria on the flood that has hit parts of the state.
He said available records as uncovered by a commission of inquiry set up the government uncovered that N2 billion ecological fund was released to the state in December 2013, positing that if the money had not been diverted into private pockets but expended on the purpose it was meant for, the magnitude of the present flooding would have been averted.
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