By Saheed Afolabi
The Chairman of Coker Aguda LCDA, Hon. Rasaq Olamilekan has desilted the community canal to avoid flooding in the rainy season.
The canal is said to have been causing menace and flood to the residents of Orile Iganmu, meanwhile, the council boss said he has decided to ensure the resuscitation of a sanitary environment and eliminate flood issues affecting the people to improve the commercial activities in the community.
Olamilekan who was accompanied by council members, and councilors, was joined by the executive members of Orile Iganmu Community Development Association (CDA) and party faithful to visit the popular Toll Gate section of Opeloyeru Street in Orile Iganmu where the desiltation commenced.
He said the exercise commenced in the street since residents find it difficult to move from the street to Babs Animashaun road without dipping their legs into the dirty filthy water overflowing from the canal to Opeloyeru Street.
The chairman also visited the blocked exit point of the canal at Doyin Iron Market as he pleaded with residents and marketers to desist from improper waste disposal and encroachment on the canal ways.
“This is necessary to have a decent environment,” he stated.
The council boss of Aguda LCDA also visited the recently desilted section of system five canals where the Emergency Flood Abatement Gang (EFAG) of Lagos State was carting away silt from the shore to avoid falling back into the canal.
Meanwhile, the council boss also promised that the remaining section from Coker Bridge to Alafia Bridge where people were seen crossing the canal without canoes will be completed in the next few days.
The residents of Orile Iganmu, Coker, and Aguda communities who have felt the positive impact of the desilted canal from the Censor area to Coker Bridge, gave a resounding appreciation chorus to the council chairman, saying they no more experience any form of flood after the heavy downpour for the past two days.
They also appreciated the chairman for his continuous effort to ensure the safety of lives, businesses, and properties.
