Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo

Osun State Government has been urged to be proactive in ensuring that every form of environmental degradation is prevented in order to prevent loss of lives and property to flooding.
Residents were equally charged to desist from dumping refuse on waterways in order to avoid flooding.
A Chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC in the State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye who disclosed this in Osogbo warned that act of dumping refuse on the waterways is disastrous to the general wellbeing of the people, especially during the rainy season.
Oyintiloye, who is the former lawmaker representing Obokun State Constituency said the fact that Osun is listed among flood-prone states as captured for 2020 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) as released by the Nigeria Hydrological Agency (NIHSA), is a warning to the residents to desist from blocking water channels with dirt.
“Some local government areas in the state have been listed among highly probable flood risk areas, while eleven local governments have been considered to be probable flood risk areas. With this, we have to be extra careful to prevent the impending calamity.”
Oyintiloye noted that the predictions should be enough warning for the residents of the state to take responsibility in dealing with every form of environmental degradation and equally key to the resolve of the state government to obliterate every form of environmental disaster.
He also commended Governor Gboyega Oyetola led administration for clearing water channels through dredging, developmental control, construction of drainage and environmental protection education, which he said had assisted in limiting effects of climate change-induced problems confronting the state
“Proactive steps of massive desilting of drains, clearing of culverts with identification of black spots as the state prepares fully for heavy rains, are equally not left out.
“Strategic repositioning of the Osun Waste Management Agency (OWMA), for an effective and resourceful waste management programme towards the elimination of refuse in the state is one of the efforts on the part of the government.”