Flooding: Relocate to safer locations, Ogun tells residents along river bank

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta

Ogun State Government has directed residents surviving adjacent the riverbank and flood-prone areas crossed the authorities to relocate to safer places.

The State Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Ola Oresanya, who issued the directive successful the 2025 Ogun State Midterm Flood Alert, asked the residents successful the authorities to brace up for the 2nd signifier of flooding.

According to Oresanya, those affected see the residents of communities adjoining Ogun, Ilo, Iju, Owa, Yemule, Rivers specified arsenic Isheri, Warewa, Akute, parts of Abeokuta, Ayetoro, Itele, Iju and those of the coastline of Makun, Oni, Iwopin, Igele, Ifaara (Ogun Waterside), Ebute-Imobi (Ijebu East), Tungeji Island and Agosasa successful Ipokia section government.

He explained that the overflow, which volition past for 2 weeks, usually happens arsenic portion of the 2nd signifier of flooding betwixt September and November of each year.

The Commissioner added that the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has predicted that September volition person the highest rainfall of 204mm, followed by October astatine 190mm, portion by November the strength of the rainfall volition person gone down to 93mm.

“The radical person to relocate to safer situation betwixt the past week of this period and the 2nd week of October due to the fact that of the expected interaction of overflow from these Rivers and oversea h2o rise/tidal fastener successful their communities owed to expected precocious rainfall and accomplishment of travel from the bluish portion of the state and neighbouring state similar Benin to Ogun and Lagos State connected the downstream. That of the Ogun River whitethorn beryllium compounded by the merchandise of h2o from Oyan Dam,” Oresanya said.

He truthful assured the residents of these communities that the State authorities done its State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) is connected reddish alert incase of immoderate exigency evacuation and relocation to impermanent exigency camps dispersed crossed the State portion the State Ministry of Environment is besides moving intimately with the Ogun – Osun River Basin Development Authority connected the merchandise of h2o from Oyan Dam to trim its interaction to the barest minimum.

Oresanya besides urged residents successful these communities to debar the usage of their boreholes and good waters astatine this play arsenic they are taxable to contamination owed to the expected flooding and tidal variations.

He arsenic utilized the accidental to telephone connected food farmers farming connected flood plains of rivers and streams statewide to harvest their food to avert them being washed distant by flood portion food farmers astatine Eriwe, Yemule, some successful Ijebu Ode, Ilase and Ayegbami successful Yewa are arsenic advised to heed the proposal without further delay.

While thanking residents of the authorities for their knowing connected each biology issues, particularly connected its yearly flood alert, helium lauded them for their practice with the authorities authorities successful the past six years which has reduced flooding and its interaction greatly statewide and pledged the authorities government’s committedness to continually bash the needful to marque the authorities flood-free.

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