RESIDENTS USE CANOES AS FLOOD TAKES OVER LAGOS COMMUNITY- PUNCH



RESIDENTS OF ISHERI NORTH GOVERNMENT RESERVED AREA, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ISHERI NORTH RESIDENTIAL SCHEME, LAGOS STATE, ARE CURRENTLY LAMENTING THE FLOODING OF THE AREA, LOCATED ALONG THE LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY.
THE RESIDENTS APPEALED TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO COME TO THEIR AID, STATING THAT SINCE THE FLOODING STARTED IN LATE AUGUST, MANY RESIDENTS HAD BEEN FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES, WHILE THOSE REMAINING IN THE ESTATE NOW USE CANOES TO MOVE TO AND FRO THEIR HOMES
WHEN OUR CORRESPONDENT VISITED THE ESTATE ON THURSDAY, FLOODS COULD BE SEEN TAKING OVER MOST HOMES AND ROADS, WITH CARS ABANDONED ON THE ROAD AND SOME RESIDENTS FORCED TO WADE THROUGH THE FLOODWATERS.
A BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER WHO OWNS A SHOP AROUND THE AREA, MR OLUWASEUN ONIFADE, LAMENTED THAT THIS YEAR’S FLOODING WAS MORE SEVERE THAN THE ONES WHICH OCCURRED IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
DECRYING THAT THE SITUATION WAS AFFECTING HIS BUSINESS, THE RESIDENT APPEALED TO THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT TO COME TO THEIR AID.
HE SAID, “THE SITUATION IS AFFECTING MY BUSINESS AS A SUPPLIER OF BUILDING MATERIALS. THERE ARE SOME ESTATES WE CANNOT DELIVER GOODS TO BECAUSE EVERYWHERE IS FLOODED.
“IN A WEEK, WE USUALLY SELL BETWEEN 300 BAGS AND A TRUCKLOAD OF CEMENT BUT THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK, WE’VE BEEN UNABLE TO SELL 50 BAGS. YOU CAN’T ENTER THE ESTATE EVEN IF WE HAVE ORDERS. CANOES ARE USED IN SOME PLACES.”
OUR CORRESPONDENT ALSO SAW AS SOME VEHICLES THAT BROKE DOWN IN THE FLOOD WERE BEING TOWED OUT OF THE ESTATE, WHILE SOME RESIDENTS COULD BE SEEN MOVING OUT.
ANOTHER RESIDENT, MRS BUNMI AWOSANYA, SAID DUE TO THE FLOODING, SHE AND HER FAMILY HAD VACATED THEIR HOUSE ON SATURDAY.
“WE HAVE MOVED OUT OF OUR HOME, THE SITUATION IS WORSE THAN EXPECTED. WE HAD TO ABANDON EVERYTHING IN THE HOME – FURNITURE, ELECTRONICS AND OTHER EXPENSIVE ITEMS.



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