IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Lagosians have been warned of an impending flooding situation following the recent flooding of several parts of Nigeria leading to loss of lives and injuries.
A social media influencer, Olah Kay, issued the warning via his Twitter handle, where he also listed some of the communities that are likely to be affected by the situation.
According to Olah Kay, Lagosians should make preparations because the water in Oyun dam will soon be released due to the rising water level, and this will result in an unprecedented flooding of different parts of the State.
The young man went further to list communities in Lagos that will be affected by the flood.
He tweeted on Wednesday: “Guys, there’s a warning signal of flooding in Lagos once the Oyun dam is release due to the rising water level. Please make preparations.
“Lagos is issuing a relocation alert for the areas below… Flooding imminent. Ketu, Alapere, Agric, Owode Onirin, Ajegunle, Alagbole, Kara, Isheri Olowora, Araromi Otun Orisha community, Agiliti, Maidan, Mile 12, Odo Ogun, Owode Elede, Agboyi 1, Agboyi II, Agboyi III.”
Meanwhile, residents of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State have continued to groan over the rampaging flooding of their houses and businesses, more woes have come their way in the form of the escalating prices of food items, commodities, transportation and other products.
This is coming even as the total darkness which has pervaded the state in the last one week has led to the hike in the cost of water which include sachet water and household water normally supplied by water vendors.
In the same vein, Meanwhile, worried by the devastating effects of the massive flooding in some areas in Akwa Ibom State, the state government has called for a review of the flood map capacity of the state.
Consequently, the state government at the end of its weekly State Executive Council meeting directed all relevant agencies involved in emergency management to be on red alert.
Briefing journalists in Uyo, at the end of the council meeting, the State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Ini Ememobong, said: “The council also mandated the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to start sensitisation in rural areas as a step in managing a possible occurrence.”
Also, after receipt of reports by the various Ministries on projects under their portfolio, the executive council directed the ministries to expedite work on those projects to catch up with the time frame for completion and to also beat the continuous eroding value of the nation’s currency.
Delta State Governor and vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, also called on the federal government, corporate organizations and individuals to come to the aid of victims of flood in the state.
Okowa made the call on Wednesday when he visited flood victims at Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps at Utagba-Ogbe Technical College, Kwale, in Ndokwa West; Alaka Grammar School, Ozoro in Isoko North; St. Michael’s College, Oleh and Isoko Central School, Oleh both in Isoko South Local Government Areas of the state.
He empathized with all the flood victims in the state and assured that his administration would continue to support them until they were able to return to their homes after the flood crisis.
According to the Governor, who defied heavy downpour to visit the camps, the state government may not be able to estimate the extent of destruction but obviously the flood is very massive.
“This is the seventh camp we have visited since yesterday – three yesterday and four today and we have four other established camps. Beyond that, there are so many community camps that are being managed in the communities.
“It is a very extensive flood with a lot of displacement of people and I must thank all the various persons that have come here in the camp to stay.
“In all the camps we have visited they are actually bonding together as a family and when the state government and other willing donors are providing food materials, the women themselves are cooking and they are all living happily together.
“I am also very glad that the children have started school here and at the other camps we had visited.
“We have doctors and nurses attending to the health needs of the people here and I have been told that they have recorded three deliveries here and that there are over twenty pregnant women.
“By the special grace of God, we will try to do everything to make them comfortable and I want to use this opportunity to thank all those who have been able to donate food and other items to the various camps.
“And I call on Deltans and non Deltans who live in Delta that they should come out and support, whatever government is doing, it is best they support them,” he stated.
In a related development, in Kogi State, due to effects of floods in Lokoja and (Koto Karfe) Kogi local government areas of the state, a humanitarian group, SBA Foundation has donated relief materials worth millions of naira to the victims in the two local government. The intervention was aimed at mitigating the effects of devastations.
The recent flood had badly affected several riverine communities in Lokoja and Koto Karfe which has necessitated the assistance the humanitarian group.