Ogun State Seeks FG Support on Flood Issues
Ogun state government has sought the support of the federal government to provide concrete lining on all its secondary erosion trunks to mitigate flood.
The state governor, Dapo Abiodun, pushed for help while receiving the Presidential Technical Committee on Flood who is on a fact-finding mission to the state in Abeokuta.
Speaking with the Committee, Governor Abiodun who was represented by the Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Ola Oresanya, disclosed that the concrete lining would increase the hydrodynamics of the secondary trunks which were constantly dredged by the state government thereby preventing flooding, especially in the urban areas. He added.
Since flooding in the state could be traced to urban and coastal, the governor mentioned that his administration has engaged in some measures to manage and mitigate it.
He, however, cheered President Muhammadu Buhari-led government for his bottom-up approach to solving the flooding problems across the country.
Responding, the Leader of the Presidential Committee, Dr. Godstime James said the committee was in the state to look at areas often affected by flood with a view of finding lasting solutions to them adding that their reports would be submitted to the federal government for appropriate action.
The Presidential Committee members were later taken to all flood-affected areas as well as drainage and canal sites in the three senatorial areas of the state for an on-the-spot assessment.
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