PRESS RELEASE
25/07/23
The Oyo State Government has assured residents of the affected flooded areas during Sunday’s heavy rainfall in Ibadan of quick intervention, alternative routes and other Palliative Measures to ease their movement.
According to a press statement issued by the Chief press’s Secretary to Oyo state Governor, Sulaimon Olarewaju disclosed that, the team leader and also the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Modupe Adeleye, sympathised with the victims of the flood, stating that the Government l is aware of their plight and would take speedy actions to allay their fears.
A joint team comprising of The state’s inspection team from the Ministries of Works, Environment, Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Oyo State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) paid an on-the-spot assessment to the sites of the collapsed bridges and roads at Olodo Garage, Ido and Akinyele in Ibadan, to have a proper assessment of the situation.
The permanent Secretary appealed to the residents to cooperate with the government, stating that the government will expedite action both on the ongoing construction works and the palliative on the alternative routes.
She added that the State Emergency Management Agency will soon embark on enumeration of houses wrecked by the flood.
Adeleye, who advised residents of the state to move away from flooded areas and stop building houses on setbacks and river banks, stressed that defiance to the warning poses dangers to their lives and properties.
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