LAGOS GOVT CALLS FOR CALM OVER FLASH FLOOD AFTER TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
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The government of Lagos State has urged people to remain calm in the wake of the flash flood that resulted from the state’s continuous downpour in the wee hours of Wednesday.
The state commissioner for the environment and water resources, Tokunbo Wahab, stated in a statement on Wednesday that since the early hours of the day, Lagos has seen around nine hours of nonstop rainfall.
The state has been receiving a lot of rain every day since last week, he continued, and this has caused the Lagos Lagoon to swell in level.
According to Wahab, when the rain stops and the lagoon level drops, the flash floods that flooded places like Iyana Oworo, which connects the Third Mainland, and a number of other localities will subside.
The Commissioner continued by saying that the state had also sent members of the Emergency Flood Abatement Gang to important areas of concern, such as Iyana Oworo, which had been completely cleared of obstructions.
In order to protect lives and property, he asked everyone living in low-lying areas to move to higher ground immediately.
In addition, he asked locals to refrain from bringing their cars through floods as, at high tide, a car can be swept away by just one foot of running water, regardless of how many people are inside.
In addition, the Commissioner suggested that the residents use the State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources’ daily weather forecasts as a daily itinerary guide.
He pointed out that Lagos is a coastal city with over one-third of its land area submerged, making it legitimately necessary for every inhabitant to be more environmentally conscious.
Wahab reaffirmed that in order to be able to control runoffs that may result from significant rainfalls, the state government has started a year-long program of repair and cleaning of all of its secondary and primary collectors.
He added that residents on their part are expected to regularly clean and maintain the tertiary drains in front of their tenements and refrain from dumping refuse in the drains for the collective good of everyone.
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