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Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday visited victims of last rainstorm in Ilorin metropolis.
The visit occurred as another government team began the delivery of food palliatives to Kwara North senatorial districts, beginning with Jebba town in Moro Local government and Lafiagi in Edu Local government area.
AbdulRazaq began the tour immediately he arrived Ilorin from Abuja where he had gone to inform the president of the havoc wreaked by flooding across the state and the Saturday rainstorm in several parts of Ilorin, among other issues. Over 15,000 households across 357 communities of the state are estimated to have been affected by the developments which have destroyed farmlands and human dwellings worth billions of naira.
A government delegation led by Deputy Governor Kayode Alabi had earlier visited the communities on behalf of the Governor, including Ilorin, Jebba, Patigi, and Edu.
Accompanied by Senator Ibrahim Yahya Oloriegbe and a few government officials, AbdulRazaq commiserated with the victims and reassured them of government’s solidarity and its willingness to assist them within available resources.
The Governor however said the incidents have again underscored the need for everyone to protect the environment and avoid unlawful erection of structures or dumping of waste on waterways.
“This incident is part of the global ecological problems we are facing. But we also need to check the way we dump garbage in the water, planting of trees and find ways of reducing the impact of ecological problems that we suffer from,” he said.
Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, for his part, also commiserated with the people and said efforts are ongoing with the state and federal government to assist the people as soon as possible.
“The message to my constituents is to sympathise with them over the incident. I have been in consultation with His Excellency Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and we waited for him to first report directly to the President,” Oloriegbe said.
Some of the areas the governor visited on Wednesday included Ita-Ogunbo, Pakata, Oloje, Ode-Alausa, Ojuekun, Okelele, Sakama, Muritala, Alore, Omoda, Magaji Are, Amule, among others.
