Ogun releases flood alert, urges residents to relocate

The Ogun State Government has urged residents surviving successful riverbank and wetland areas to hole for the overflow of Ogun River successful the adjacent 2 weeks, from Oct.  20  to Nov. 3.

This is contained successful a flood alert released by the Commissioner for Environment, Mr Ola Oresanya, successful Abeokuta connected Monday.

Oresanya listed the areas arsenic Akute, Alagbole, Isheri, Magboro, Makogi, Orimerunmu, Iro, Kajola and portion of Abeokuta specifically Lafenwa, Enugada, Adedotun, Iberekodo, Akin-Olugbade, and Ago-Odo

He said the alert was portion of the government’s continued efforts astatine mitigating flooding successful the authorities done its periodic flood alert.

“The overflow from Ogun stream would emergence arsenic a effect of controlled merchandise of h2o from Oyan Dam owed to dense rainfall from up-north.

“This will  summation the measurement of h2o reaching the dam from that portion of the state which volition beryllium compounded by summation successful tidal level,” helium said.

He said the waterflow into the dam would inevitably unit the merchandise of h2o from the dam that would impact the areas.

He urged residents of the areas to workout caution and debar nonaccomplishment of lives and  spot wrong the period.

Oresanya emphasised the request for residents of the areas to debar the riverbank, portion those successful the wetlands should determination to higher grounds oregon elevate their enactment for present arsenic the overflow becomes inevitable.

He added that the authorities authorities had continuously dredged and opened up much tributaries for Ogun River to easiness the unit of the overflow connected residents successful collaboration with the Ogun Osun River Basin Authority.

He, therefore, enjoined residents of the areas not to panic, assuring that the tide would spell down successful astir 10 days arsenic the mitigating measures from the authorities authorities cannot halt the activities of nature.

Oresanya besides utilized the accidental to telephone connected food farmers successful the areas mentioned to harvest their fishes successful bid to debar inevitable losses.

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