LASG clears drainage in Ojo, Lagos Island amid flood warning
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Operatives of the Emergency Flood Abatement Gang from the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources on Monday continued with the cleaning and desilting of the secondary collector drain and the evacuation of silts along Ojo Road.
According to the Commissioner for Environment, Tokunbo Wahab, the move was to abate potential flooding in the state.
The reports that the Nigerian Meteorological Agency has issued a flood alert for July, warning that states including Sokoto, Lagos, Edo, and Benue are at risk of experiencing flash floods.
The flash flood risk alert for July 2025, released on Monday by the agency, showed the states with varying probable risks of experiencing flash flooding events due to the onset of rainfall across the country.
According to the agency, Sokoto State has a high risk of experiencing flash floods.
“Other states with notable risk of flash flooding are; Kaduna, Zamfara, Yobe, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Jigawa, Adamawa, Taraba, Niger, Nasarawa, Benue, Ogun, Ondo, Lagos, Delta, Edo, Cross River, Rivers and Akwa Ibom.”
The Lagos State Government had on Sunday vowed to tackle flooding head-on.
Other areas in the state where drains were cleared by the Lagos State government on Monday include Ajegunle Ifelodun LCDA; Meiran Collector Drain, Agbado-Oke Odo LCDA; Lewis Street by Beecroft Street, Lagos Island; Ayinke Timson Drive, Amuwo Odofin LGA; Samuel Manuwa Street, Ikoyi-Obalende, Eti-Osa.
