Delta State has warned that it will demolish any structure built on waterways as part of measures to forestal excessive flooding as predicted by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency.
Briefing newsmen in Asaba, the Commissioner for Works, Rural Roads and Public Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu said the state government had commenced desilting of drainages and water channels in flood prone areas to mitigate the impact of flooding.
Mr Aniagwu appealed to residents to stop dumping refuse into drains and urged those living in flood-prone areas to relocate upland before the floods arrive.
He reaffirmed that Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s administration remains committed to fairness, equity, and balanced development across the state.
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Aniagwu said that “we have also started the exercise of desilting a number of our water channels, and the essence is to reduce the effects of the predicted flood occasioned by heavy rains and overflowing of the River Niger
“We are appealing to our people who resides in flood prone coastal communities to heed to NiMET warning, and move upland as they see the flood approaching to avert casualties.”
It would be recalled that the state government recently demolished a number of structures along the Anwai axis.
The government also pulled down some houses built along waterways in Warri.
