Heavy downpour in Ibadan on Tuesday wreaked havoc on houses and properties, InsideOyo.com can report.
In a two separate video trending online, residents called on Governor Seyi Makinde to quickly find last solution to the issue.
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Perennial flooding is a big disaster issue in Ibadan, Oyo state capital. Every year, its destroys households, family businesses, and properties.
Areas such as Olodo, Orogun, Abatakan, Onipepeye, Ariyo, Oki, Kute, Agbowo were the worst hit, leaving several people stranded for many hours.
Executive Secretary, Oyo State Emergency Management Agency, Lukman Aransi said some houses had been marked for demolition in the affected areas.
He added that COVID-19 stalled its planned sensitisation of the people of the affected areas on NIMET’s prediction of flood in Ibadan.
A Lagos-bound traveller in a viral video, on Tuesday, urged Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to address the problem by dredging the watercourses.
The situation had been attributed to the flouting of environmental and town planning regulations by residents of the state, making themselves vulnerable by buildings on flood plains and blocking drainages.
