Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has called on the Federal Government and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), to make available, special funds to some states that had put infrastructure in place to prevent flooding. Amosun, who noted that giving fund and other relief materials to the states ravaged by flood by NEMA is good, however argued that states that had worked to prevent such disaster, should also be rewarded with fund as a form of encouragement.
The governor disclosed that he had raised the issue at a National Executive Economic meeting held recently in Abuja, and expressed hope that NEMA will work on his proposal.
Amosun spoke on Friday at a Town Hall meeting on the 2018 budget, held at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Abeokuta, the state capital.
The meeting was attended by public servants, professional bodies, non governmental organisations, civil society organisations, trade unions, community development organisations among others.
Speaking further, Amosun, recalled that prior to his assumption of office in 2011, many locations in the state, particularly, Abeokuta, Ijebu Ode and Ota, were prone to and ravaged by flood. He pointed out that through his administration’s massive infrastructural development, the perennial flooding has now become history.
