LG urges landlords to build drainage channels

The Chairman, Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mr Olusegun Onilude, has urged landlords in the council to build drainage channels to forestall havoc by floods.

Onilude gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry on Monday.

He said, �Flooding in Badagry has become perennial and this is due to the topography of the area.

�We are below sea level such that anytime there is a heavy downpour, it will always overflow. Even the drainages lead to nowhere.

�In Ikoga-Zebbe Market, if it rains heavily, the flood can sweep someone away.

�Some buildings constructed in the market are at the risk of being washed away.

�When we looked at the magnitude of what should be done, we realised that it is beyond the council, so we have written to the appropriate quarters and we are waiting for them to respond.

��If everyone builds drainages and they are linked, they will channel the water to the central drainage.

�Residents are not doing this in some areas in Badagry and when there is flood they will be complaining. Governments are not magicians that will command floods to disappear.��

Onilude said he would ensure that all drainage channels within the council were cleared up to ensure the free flow of water.