We are prepared for the 240 days of rain in Lagos, says Govt.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, while celebrating one year anniversary of his administration in the state recently said his administration had put necessary measures in place to explore effective urban planning, developmental control, drainage designs, dredging, construction of drainage channels and environmental education to mitigate all climate change -induced problems confronting the state.
Consequently, in preparation for the likely consequences of 240 to 270 days of rains in 2020 as predicted for Lagos according to Nigerian Meteorological Agency NIMET, Sanwo-Olu noted that administration had embarked on extensive dredging of water channel projects across the state.
According to him, the government had equally embarked on massive de-silting of drains, clearing of culverts with identification of black spots as the state prepares fully for rains.
Corroborating the governor, the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, disclosed that critical channels had been worked on, 83 secondary drains maintained by the Emergency Flood Abatement Gang EFAG, while 40 primary channels had been approved and awarded out of which 34 channels had already been executed.
Bello who advised Lagos residents to prepare for likely consequences, assured that government would continue to reap the gains of planning, as the flood control measures in the state had been stepped up to contain any unforeseen weather condition, adding that relevant measures had been put in place in preparation for the 2020 rainy season.
According to him, the state was determined to maintain and sustain the long-established synergy and partnership with Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority, pointing out that the partnership had ensured control and monitoring of steady and systematic release of water from Oyan Dam to prevent flooding of the release of the downstream communities.
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