NEMA Sends Stern Warning To Ekiti Residents

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called on residents of Ekiti to take precautionary measures against the flooding predicted to occur in the state and its environs later this year.

The NEMA Head of Operations in Ekiti and Ondo, Kadiri Olanrewaju who said the forecast by relevant agencies had named Ekiti among the states expected to experience flooding based on increased volume of rainfall.

He added that most local government areas in the state were flood-prone with high risks due to seasonal rainfall, noting that stakeholders in the state must do everything possible to avert the looming danger.

The NEMA boss disclosed this on Wednesday during a road show on flood sensitisation and awareness at Oja -Bisi, Oja -Oba and Fayose markets in Ado-Ekiti, educating the traders on the risk of flood in different languages such as English, Pidgin, Igbo, Hausa and Ekiti dialect.

He said, “Everyone of us has witnessed the recent floods in Nigeria, which claimed lives, displaced thousands of people as well as destroyed property worth millions of naira. Floods cause widespread ecological dislocation.

“Therefore, it has become necessary for communities, individuals and authorities to take proactive measures. We need to believe that prevention is better and cheaper than cure, as well as consider climate change issues more seriously.”

He urged Nigerians to obey warnings on the impending flood by the Nigerian Meteorological Department, noting that it will go a long way in reducing the impact of the flood in the State.

The General Manager, State Emergency Management Agency, (SEMA) Jide Borode advised traders to shun the habit of dumping refuse in drainage and unauthorized places in the State.

On his part, the Director, Ekiti State Fire Service, Andrew Famosaya urged residents to avoid illegal falling of trees, ” but rather to develop the habits of planting of trees to stop deforestation which could lead to flooding”.

Officials of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other stakeholders during a sensitisation program to major markets on flood prevention in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital on Wednesday.

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