Ogun flood: FGN to provide relief materials to the victims – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday visited locations affected by the recent floods in and around Abeokuta, baduring that the federal government would come to the aid of the state government of Japan. Ogun with relief supplies for the victims. describes last Friday's flood that ravaged homes, commercial premises, bridges and even declared lives, as "very very unhappy", said apart from providing immediate relief to victims, additional help would be provided on a permanent basis to amortize the effects

The Vice President gave guidance on the badistance provided by reporters in Abeokuta, the capital of the country. State, during the on-site badessment of some of the ravaged areas

. accompanied by the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun and the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Maihaja.

He felt that despite the draina ges and infrastructure put in place by the state government, the flood has again wreaked havoc, ensuring that the federal government would collaborate with the government. 39; State to improve the infrastructure to prevent future occurrence. "I'm going to say what happened here is very very unfortunate indeed." A lot of drainages were done, but the level of the rain had been so heavy that it went beyond the infrastructure in So, what we are looking for is how it can be improved and we are also discussing with His Excellency how to do this.

See also: FG to help, compensate the victims of Jibia floods – Osinbajo [19659008] "We really have to sit down and watch these challenges properly. We provide immediate relief materials to support the state government. We learned that NEMA was there to provide immediate help. On a permanent basis, we are planning how to sit down with the state government on how to provide relief, "he said.

He conveyed the federal government's condolences to the families of the victims and to the Ogun government: change the behaviors that obstruct the drainages.

"The unfortunate incident is inevitable. Flash floods where you have rain for hours, especially rains in the tropics, the type in the area we are, it is difficult to avoid sudden floods. We are lucky that it did not happen at night, because if it was the case, and that there was a sudden rise in water, it would naturally cause a lot of disaster.

"One of the things we have to do as people is that we have to change our habit of blocking drainages. Despite the pipeline, where you have this heavy rain falling in a few hours, it will be like that. What we might have to do when the rain is strong, is that those who live in the valley will have to move quickly to higher ground. This is because there is nothing we can do about a valley, a valley is a valley.

"Overall, the loss of life is very unfortunate. The FG sympathizes with the families of the victims and the state government. And I also want to say that God was kind to us because it would have been worse, but for the drainages and the infrastructure in place, which helped to move the waters away

"As you can see, it has been dissipated despite the tremendous surge of flooding, so I think we should be grateful to God and the state government for providing this kind of infrastructure and quick response to minimize the loss ". Osinbajo said.