Osun: Babayemi Rallies Support For FG In Tackling Flooding Menace

–Seeks Reliefs For Ikire Victims

A former governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Osun State, Omooba Dotun Babayemi, has implored the Federal Government to urgently put in place, mechanisms that would help to stem the menace of flooding currently threatening some parts of the country.

Babayemi appealed to the government through its agency, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), to work out interventionist programmes that would cushion the effect of flooding currently being suffered in some areas.

Speaking through a statement from his Media Office on Tuesday, the ex-gubernatorial aspirant said the appeal had become imperative in view of the flood that affected some parts of Ikire in Irewole Local Government area of Osun State occasioned by heavy downpour.

“There’s need by the Federal Government through its agency, the National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA),to urgently work out agenda that can curtail the effect of flood assailing some parts of the country, especially as witnessed in Ikire in Irewole Local Government area of Osun” he asserted

Babayemi therefore rallied support for the victims of the Ikire flood,charging NEMA to provide succour to them through enduring palliatives that would cushion the devastating effects of the disaster.

To this effect, he advised government at all levels to embark on sustained sensitization campaigns that would create awareness to the populace on the inherent dangers of things that could easily propel flooding.

Babayemi then sought the support of the government and stakeholders towards working out management approach laced with solutions that would help to tackle the menace of flooding in the country.

In the interim, he has implored Nigerians to always be cautious of things that could easily trigger environmental hazards, most of which he noted, could aid flooding during raining seasons.