By Joshua Tosin Ogunsakin 
The House of Representatives on Thursday asked the federal government to create a special fund to tackle the menace of erosion in Ondo state.
This followed a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Donald Ojogo (APC, Ondo) on the need for the government to provide relief for victims of the flood disaster ravaging Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency of Ondo State.
In the interim, the House asked the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to swing into action and send relief materials to the affected communities and provide shelter for the people displaced by the flood.
Moving the motion, Ojoho said that a devastating flood which started on 1st July, 2025, is presently raging in Ilaje Ese Odo Federal Constituency of Ondo State and has seriously affected many communities in the constituency.
He expressed concern that the flood has affected seventeen (17) out of the twenty-two (22) electoral wards in the constituency and has displaced more than 15,000 people in the area, while nine persons affected by the flood are already hospitalised.
He said victims of the flood disaster are presently going through a lot of stress and trauma as a result of the raging flood and having been rendered homeless.
He disclosed that a Traditional Ruler, the Traditional Prime Minister (Tarabiritoru) of the ancient Arogbo Ijaw Kingdom, is among those displaced by the flood and rendered homeless.
He said there was an urgent need for the Federal Government to tackle the worsening situation to prevent the outbreak of waterborne diseases, which may become an epidemic in the area.