The flooding covered the portion of the road at Ganaja village such that it is only by canoes that the commuters can cross the flooding.
Residents say that the road is strategic to socio-economic activities, linking Kogi to the eastern part of the country which has been made inaccessible now to motorists and commuters by flooding.
According to them, canoe operators have cashed in on the development, charging passengers between N50 and N100 to ferry them across the flooded road.
“We have to charge that high because of the cost of the rigour involved.
“As you can see, it’s not easy to ferry passengers across the flooded road,” one Jimoh, an operator of a canoe, said.
A resident also said that the flooding has so far created fear in the minds of residents of Ganaja village and its environs because it has begun to submerge peoples’ houses within the area.
“Some of the residents have, therefore, relocated to either their relations or friends in safe communities in the state,” the resident said.
The Nigeria Metrological Agency (NiMet) had last week issued a warning of massive surging of flooding in the country, particularly in 13 states including Kogi.
The agency predicted that this would happen within the remaining days in September, following the expected heavy rainfall within the period.
