Fed Govt Embarks on Flood Control in Kwara
The Federal Government has taken some measures to mitigate flooding in Kwara State, the Chairman, Committee on Flood Disaster and Rehabilitation, Alhaji Mohammed Dabarako, has said.
Dabarako told reporters in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, that the government’s dredging of Asa River was part of the measures against flooding in the town.
The government, he said, was constructing an embankment against overflowing of River Niger at Tsonga-Tada road; construction of erosion/flood control project at Abata-Asunkere Oke-Male both in Ilorin West and Edu local government areas of the state.
He said: “The state government has embarked on erosion/flood control projects in the flood affected and prone areas of the state; the projects include construction of erosion/flood control project from Patigi-Gbaradogi community; construction of bridge at Buka-Adana community, construction of Degeji-Gbajibo road, construction of water channels at Agbabiaka, Danialu all in Moro, Kaiama and Ilorin South local government.”
Besides, he said the state has provided for a temporary camp (Muslim Pilgrims camp) to relocate victims in case of flood disaster in Ilorin metropolis. He said a virgin land had been cleared at Patigi Local Government Area, where tents are temporarily constructed to relocate flood victims in the area.
Also, Dabarako said: “Precautionary measures such as identification of flashpoints; sensitisation programme in form of radio/television jingles; workshop/advocacy and stakeholders’meeting with people from the flood prone areas of the state were embarked upon.”
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