LASEMA urges community leaders to clear drainages.

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  • July 13, 2022
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LASEMA urges community leaders to clear drainages.

– Tamarauemi Ebimini.

Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke- Osanyintolu, has appealed to community leaders to spend the ongoing public holidays to carry out some remedial clearing of blocked drainages in their respective locations.

This is sequel to the perennial flood occasioned by constant rains across   the state.

LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke- Osanyintolu, made the appeal, in a statement, on Sunday, following the Saturday downpour and it’s resultant effects on residents.

The Permanent Secretary seized the ocassion to release a mobile emergency lines to compliments the existing ones.

The statement partly reads, “The Agency has been responding to distress calls throughout Lagos with reports on flooding and flood damage in affected areas.

“We wish to reassure the good people of Lagos that we are on standby via our emergency lines 112/767 to respond.

“We are also urging Lagosians to avoid non essential travel in areas that are most affected by flooding. Parents and guardians are to keep their children and wards warm and dry to avoid secondary illnesses.

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