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Prepare For Flood, Ogun Govt Alerts Residents In Riverine Areas

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Ogun State government has alerted residents living in flood prone areas to consider relocating to a safer ground or create higher elevation within their residence ahead of the flood, predicted to hit the state.

The State’s Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya sounded the alert during a Press conference on the 2024 flood alert, held in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta on Tuesday. 

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Recall that the Federal Government had written about 31 states, including Ogun State,  informing them of the impending flooding in between April and November this year.

The Commissioner said 16 out of the 20 local governments in the state  are expected to have the highest rainfall.

But Oresanya called for calm amongst the residents, even as he assured of government’s quick intervention to avert possible damage that the flood might cause.

His words “Despite these cautions, let me call on the residents of the state to remain calm as the state government is putting measures in place to cushion the effects of the expected heavy rainfall and prevent damages to life and property through extensive desilting of our various drainage channels, rivers and streams channels.

 

“Aside from these, the state government will continue its productive synergy with the management of Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority on the management of the release of water from the two doms-Ikere Gorge Dam located on Ogun River and Oyan Dam on the largest tributaries of Ogun River to reduce the impact of flooding in wetland areas of the state. 

The Commissioner also stressed that the state government is determined to reduce the impact of flooding through the newly introduced Drainage Permit. 

Also, the Managing Director, Ogun Osun River Basin Development Authority (O-ORBDA), Olufemi Odumosu disclosed that the Authority has put necessary measures in place to assist the state government in mitigating the effect of the flood.

Odumosu expressed delight in the synergy between the Ogun state and Federal government to tackle the menace of the flood. 

 

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