Flood: Make Una Comot Go Safe Place, Ogun Government Warn People Wey Dey Isheri, Akute And Other Areas

Ogun State Government don raise alarm give residents wey dey live for areas wey near Ogun, Ilo, Iju, Owa, and Yemule rivers, say make dem waka commot go safer ground before flood go show dem shege. Di warning touch communities like Isheri, Warewa, Akute, parts of Abeokuta, Ayetoro, Itele, Iju, and even those wey dey around di coastline of Makun, Oni, Iwopin, Igele, Ifaara (Ogun Waterside), Ebute-Imobi (Ijebu East), Tungeji Island, and Agosasa for Ipokia Local Government Area (LGA). Dis serious warning na because of wetin dem expect say go happen, heavy rainfall, river wey go overflow, plus sea water go rise join wahala. E go affect plenty communities as water from north side of Nigeria and even countries like Benin Republic go begin flow enter Ogun and Lagos State side wey dey downstream. Wetin go make matter worse be say, Ogun River own case fit even red pass because dem fit release water from Oyan Dam anytime soon. Na Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya, drop dis update for one midterm flood alert statement. “That of the Ogun River fit even worse because dem go release water from Oyan Dam,” na wetin e talk.

E talk say di overflow wey go last for two weeks, na part of di second phase of flooding wey dey happen every year from September reach November. The commissioner still talk say Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) don predict say September go get the highest rainfall of 204mm, October go follow with 190mm, but by November, di rain go reduce to 93mm. Oresanya reassure di people wey dey those communities say Ogun State government through State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) dey on red alert, ready to evacuate and relocate people go temporary emergency camps wey dey all over di state if gbege burst. E talk say di Ogun Ministry of Environment still dey work hand-in-hand with Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority to manage how dem go release water from Oyan Dam, so that di wahala go reduce reach small-small. E also beg di people wey dey those communities make dem no use their boreholes and well water during dis time, because di water fit get gbege as e fit contaminate from di flooding and tidal wahala wey dey come. Di commissioner call on fish farmers wey dey farm for flood plains of rivers and streams across di state make dem harvest their fish quick-quick before flood go carry everything waka. He also tell fish farmers for places like Eriwe, Yemule, both for Ijebu Ode, Ilase, and Ayegbami for Yewa, make dem no waste time but follow the advice sharp-sharp.