The House of Representatives members under the aegis of Niger Delta Caucus has demanded the sack of the Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Farouq following her comments over the raging flood in the area.
The Lawmakers made this known during a press briefing on Monday, they expressed their displeasure with the comment made by Sadiya that Jigawa state is most affected by the flood.
Sadiya had also dismissed Bayelsa state as being in top 10 most affected states in the country.
The group led by Fred Agbedi, and others from the region asked the president to sack the minister or they will be forced to take action.
“We call on the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to honourably resign her appointment as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria failing which Mr President should relieve her of her appointment immediately,” he said.
Also speaking at the briefing, Bob Solomon, a lawmaker from Rivers State, said the minister has a history of playing politics with intervention.
Abiante Dagomie, another lawmaker from Rivers State, said Bayelsa and other states in the Niger Delta region are currently submerged by flood and urged President Buhari to take action while he noted that no dredging has been done along the major channels of rivers that empty in the delta in the past 30 years.
Flood hampered economic, Agricultural and political activities in many Niger Delta and Northern states of the country.