Oyo Govt Halts Ogunpa Flood

By GBOYEGA LAWAL

Oyo State Government has deployed 20 skip bins along Ogunpa River embankment as part of effort towards proffering permanent solution to the problem of flood and filth along the river embankment.
The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Alhaji Majekodunmi Aborode, disclosed this in Ibadan while briefing the media at the end of the state executive council meeting.
According to the commissioner, the deployment of the skip bins which commences recently was to enable the government embark on proper enforcement of environment laws and regulations.
 Also briefing the media, the state Commissioner for Industry, Applied Science and Technology Alhaji Mohammed Lawal said that council had received the report of a committee on Bodija market abattoir and has directed the chairman of Ibadan North Local Government to perform its statutory function over deplorable condition of the abattoir.
He said that the government may consider the involvement of a private investors in an effort to find lasting solution to the appalling condition at the Bodija market abattoir and that the local government may be asked to hands off activities within the market if it failed to provide unimpeded access road, regular water supply, adequate drainage and conveniences within the market.
The commissioner expressed government concern on the problems faced by residents along the Ibadan Lagos Expressway at Olorunsogo as a result of flood disaster in the area, adding that the State Governor Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala has approved fund for the proper channelisation of drainage in the area.