In view of persistent flooding of Mandate along New Yidi Road in Ilorin
Metropolis, the Kwara State House of Assembly has urged the state
Ministry of Works and Transport to inspect the drainage along the new
yidi road with a view to finding an enduring solution to the flooding
ravaging the area to salvaging life and property.
Ths followed
a Matter of Urgent Public Important raised by a member representing
Kaiama/Kemanji/Wajibe Constituency. Hon Ahmed ibn Muhammed on the
dangers of continue flooding of mandate III due to the blockage of canal
at the new yidi road, there by threatening lives and properties.
A Deputy Speaker Elder Mathew Okedare while reading the
resolutions of the House said the prompt intervention of the state
Ministry of Works became expedient in view of the strategic importance
of the road to the to the social economic well being of the state
capital and the urgent need to protect lives and property the estate.
The House equally urged the state Ministry of Housing and Urban
Development, the state Housing Corporation and the state Town Planning
Development Authority to adhere strictly to the master plan of Ilorin
Metropolis to avert unnecessary loss of lives and properties.
Hon ibn Muhammed had while raising the Matter of Urgent Public
Importance noted that the major drainage across the New Yidi road had
collapsed there by making at least six Buildings in the Estate to be
vulnerable to flooding.
Other members who spoke on the
matter described the flooding in the area as reoccurring which they
said should be permanently addressed by relevant government agencies to
avoid unforeseen circumstance.
They equally blamed
the state Town Planning Development Authority for approving illegal
construction in some part of the state capital there by aggravating the
problem of flooding in Ilorin Metropolis.
The Leader of
the House Hon Hassan Oyeleke equally threw the attention of the House to
the deplorable Idi- Ogun junction and called on relevant government
agencies to promptly rectify the road junction and other bad roads in
Offa Local Government Area.
