Kwara seeks FG’s special intervention over ecological problem
Kwara State Government has called on the Federal Government to give special consideration to the state to address ecological challenges confronting it, especially the yearly flooding arising from the overflow of the River Niger and Asa River.
Permanent Secretary Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Isiaka Al-Amin, during a news briefing in Ilorin on Sunday said that, “People of Kwara State have suffered greatly from ecological problems linked to yearly overflowing of these rivers and it is only fair for the state to be considered for special palliatives to fix damaged infrastructure and economic lives of our people and mitigate the effects on the affected communities”.
It was gathered that an inter-ministerial committee set up by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq had earlier embarked on sensitisation tour of flood-prone areas in the state.
The committee, chaired by Al-Amin, was set up as part of the government’s efforts to lessen the impact of flooding in the state.
Al-Amin said the yearly overflow of the River Niger has cut off communities, destroyed farmlands and displaced thousands of people across the state, calling on the Federal Government to consider urgent dredging of the River to end the perennial flooding.
