Kwara govt launches flood campaign in riverine areas

In a bid to avert the nonaccomplishment of lives and spot owed to flooding, the Kwara State Government has launched a broad sensitisation run successful the riverine areas of the state.

The sensitisation run team, which was led by Commissioner for Environment Hajia Nafisat Musa Buge, visited Gbaradogi colony successful Patigi Local Government Area to convey government’s committedness to nationalist information and appealed to affected residents to relocate to a safer spot to debar a flood disaster.

According to a connection by the property caput of the ministry, Kamaldeen Aliagan, successful Ilorin connected Friday, Buge emphasised: “The existent medication is profoundly acrophobic astir the impending flood concern and volition truthful instrumentality proactive measures astatine ensuring the information of lives and property, arsenic good arsenic avoiding the outbreak of communicable diseases.”

The commissioner urged those residing successful riverine communities to heed government’s warnings by relocating to higher grounds oregon the Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, campy provided by the authorities government.

She besides warned against stream travelling during rainy seasons to forestall vessel mishaps.

Buge stressed further the value of obtaining indispensable approvals from applicable authorities agencies earlier embarking connected immoderate constructions and arsenic good avoiding gathering houses adjacent to oregon connected waterways, adding that residents should travel government’s directives connected evacuation arsenic provided by the authorities Ministry of Environment and the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA.

The commissioner reaffirmed government’s committedness to proceed providing indispensable alleviation and enactment for affected communities portion besides encouraging sustainable surviving practices.

In his comment, the colony caput of Gbaradogi, Alhaji Ndatsadu Muhammad, commended the authorities government’s initiative, stating that it would spell a agelong mode towards preventing the nonaccomplishment of lives and spot successful riverine areas.

He, however, requested much alleviation materials to alleviate the suffering of affected people, peculiarly successful the proviso of nutrient and potable water.