……………Oyebanji Appeals To FG On Quick Intervention
FIC Report (Ekiti State) – Oyebanji has appealed to the Federal Government to intervene timely in Ekiti rainstorm incidence, regretting that thousands across the 16 Local Government Areas have become homeless while some had already lost their means of livelihoods.
Governor Biodun Oyebanji lamented the massive destruction of property during the Saturday’s torrential downpour in Ado-Ekiti, describing the proportion of wreckage as monumental and worrisome to his government.
Oyebanji had in a statement shortly after the stormy rainfall, sympathised with the victims and pledged Government’s support for those who were enmeshed in the web of destruction of timely interventions to rebuild their damaged structures.
Worst hit by the tornado were residential buildings, commercial structures, public institutions while electrical facilities were not spared by the stormy rainfall, as many poles and telecommunication masts were pulled down by the furious wind.
While touring the sections affected on Sunday to evaluate the level of wreckage, Oyebanji, represented by the Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye, said he was happy that there were no casualties during the torrential and stormy downpour.
The Governor posited that while some structures experienced partial damage, it was a complete sweeping for the rooftops and the entire structures in some places, which he said would automatically subject the owners to emergency financial burden.
Oyebanji applauded the Ado-Ekiti traditional institution for demonstrating concerns over the incidence by making representation to tour the metropolis to appraise the level of destruction.
The Governor assured that his Government being pro-masses, would not abandon the victims in subduing the emergency shock occasioned by the disaster that rendered hundreds homeless and destroyed commercial centres.
At every location visited, Oyebanji assured that the operatives of the Ekiti State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA and National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA would revisit the flashpoints to evaluate the damaged structures and enumerate the victims to guide the government on how best to intervene in the matter.
Oyebanji directed the SEMA operatives to do a thorough evaluation and enumeration exercise of those affected in collaboration with NEMA so that all the victims and estimate of their losses could be captured adequately.
Speaking on the wreckage, the Chairman of Ado North LCDA, Hon. Tokunbo Gbadamosi, warned those who have been creating panic on social media to desist, saying the Government was on top of the situation.
Signed
Omotola Oluyemisi
CIO&PRO
28/04/29.
