Authorities in Ogun say the state is well-prepared for the rains and potential flooding amid concerns over floods in neighbouring Lagos State.
The Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Oladimeji Oresanya, said this on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief.
Oresanya cited the dredging of rivers in the state as part of measures put in place to avert floods during the rainy season.
“Though we have done our preparation. For example, at Isheri, we have dredged the Oparo River: that’s a river adjoining the Ogun River to allow reticulation because when you have a lockdown, the water must reticulate itself and must flow back, and there must be a channel where it can take the excess while the tidal lock stays,” he said.
“So for us in Ogun State, we are prepared, and we are more than prepared, and the challenge will be coming around September ending to end the month of October.”
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In the past weeks, several areas in Lagos, a state that borders Ogun, have been left flooded and commuters stranded following persistent rain.
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