The Kwara state government has urged residents to take seriously the various flood alerts, enlightenment, and precautionary measures already taken by the government and traditional institutions.
In a statement, the state commissioner for Communication, Bola Olukoju, said various government agencies have conducted public enlightenment programmes on flooding and how to mitigate its impacts in areas prone to it.
“More of such programmes are still ongoing, including through radio stations and community leaders. The government has worked on many drainages and water passages within the metropolis while discouraging actions that may compound the threats of the climate crisis and rise in water levels.
“In riverine communities like Patigi and Edu and elsewhere, our royal fathers have continued to engage people in areas prone to flooding to relocate to places long allocated for the purpose. We appeal to our people to follow this important advisory as the government does its part of supporting them in various ways,” she said.
The commissioner said the state government will continue to lend its voice to calls for the dredging of the River Niger, which is the permanent solution to the perennial flooding in that axis.
