Flooding: Oyo govt asks communities to relocate

By David Adeoye

The Oyo State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has alerted people living in flood-prone communities in the state to vacate the areas to avoid impending heavy rains and possible flooding

This is contained in a statement issued in Ibadan on Tuesday by the agency’s administrative secretary, Mrs Ojuolape Busari.

Busari said that reports from the Oyo State Flood Early Warning System indicates that the areas to the East and North-East of Ibadan city centre are likely to experience heavy rainfall.

“This includes parts of Lagelu Local Government Area, Iyana-Offa and other communities that share boundaries with Osun State,” she stated.

Busari also said that information made available by the Oyo State Flood Early Warning System revealed that some parts of the Northern part of Ibadan city would experience heavy rains.

She said that some areas in Egbeda and Lagelu LGAs would experience heavy rainfall too.

The statement further said that moderate heavy rains would be experienced in most parts of the Ibadan metropolis.

“Such areas include: IITA, Moniya, Ibadan Airport,: !td University of Ibadan, Ojoo, Akobo, Basorun, Gate, Challenge, Ring Road, and many other densely populated areas within the city,” the administrative secretary said.

She assured that OYO-SEMA and other relevant agencies of government, voluntary agencies, and civil society groups were prepared to intervene and ameliorate the plight of persons and communities who might be affected.

Busari therefore urged people of the state to immediately commence preparations to avert dire consequences, saying, “discretion is the better part of valour”.

(NAN)