(CNN) -- Nearly 700 people in a small town within Lagos, Nigeria, will be moved to a relief camp due to heavy flooding that has plagued the region since September, according to a state governor.
Babatunde Raji Fashola made the announcement Monday while on a tour of flood-impacted areas.
In all, 681 people from the town of Ajegunle will be relocated to camps specially built for relief efforts, he said.
The flooding began last month when the Ogun River rose above its banks after the opening of a dam. No casualties have been reported.
While speaking to affected residents, Fashola emphasized that the area is in a flood plain and that people must be ready to move.
He said that the government alone can't solve the problem and they need help from everyone in the area to get through the flooding and limit the damage, asking residents to refrain from using flood-stricken roads.
"We have to wait for this water to subside," Fashola said. "Nature will take its course, but what we can do as a people is work together to mitigate the advanced consequences."
The commissioners for Special Duties, Health and Environment will work together with emergency management officials to relocate the displaced residents, Fashola said.

sley4life:

i lik NIg. Nobody hardly dyee.If its Florida we wuld hear Hurricane abi Flood Katrina killed 10,000 people

samoks:

Thats Naija for you,  when you instal a Lawyer as a minister of environment, what do you expect? putting square pegs in round holes,

Pharoh:

Who is more appropriate to be a minister of environment if not a lawyer?   You don't realize that we need environmental policies and laws in this country? Any other expats in forestry, water resources and management, architect etc can be part of the ministry as well or even the minister. I am just trying to point it out to you that a lawyer as a minister of environment is not out of place and there will be expats in other professional fields working with him/her whose profession are related to the environment in one way or the other.

Back to topic:  Good that they have relocated the affected victims, so government should really look into this and find a lasting solution to this flooding problem in that part of lagos state. Hope this will be enough reason for the people of ajegunle and environs to see the point why the state government wants to move them permanently away from that place. Though i feel for them as well due to the outcomes of past projects like maroko and their cultural connection to that place.

100%:

Whats naturaly, it was just poor planning etc,  the DAM IS THE DAMN CAUSE ,

LouisThoru:

which dam?

jmaine:


I like the part of your argument concerning regulatory laws needed to enforce compliance with environmental laws, A lawyer as the Minister of Environment is not just the best available option, Though we have environmental lawyers these days it is The Environment scientist who do the research and give out recommendations for compliance which the lawyers then put into papers to make it a law, and who told you that an environmental scientist can't interpret environmental laws, All environmental regulatory laws in Nigeria is an offshoot from the research data and indices from the environmental scientist, Now with this flood, who will best know how to handle it and give predictive solutions on how to avoid future occurrence , is it the law reading proffesional ? or the scientist who is conversant with the regulatory environmental law guiding Nigeria, we need to start putting professionals in their fields to do a good job and stop allowing faceless personal assistant to call the shotz, we need people who can be accountable for their actions and not mere figure heads in our parastatals, It's time we make contingency planning our watch word involving any socio-economic development and investment, Did the environmental impact assessment report of those enginneers predict that this scenario might occur, God protect those that are affected,

poweredcom:

Umm Sad Lagos state has2 town called Ajegunle , This is the one Located at Ikorodu and I guess there is Another One called the Jungle city those days Located at Ajeromi Apapa/Bpoundary which is the Biggest and the realest known , This kind of disaster cant happen there because it is in a centralized location Apapa to the left , Mile 2 To the North and very populated,

As for This community in Ikoridu also called Ajegunle, well I sorry for them oo please help them Government

bimbor:

A bike from Ketu to Ikordu will cost u 1,000 naira.

tarano:

Development should be restricted in places around the state with very low profiles, Nigeria is not Great Britain, we can not afford to be wasting money every year on improving homes damaged by flood, Also as a warning to people in general, do not buy land in areas of low topography, aim for the high ground and build,

rotimiland:

I once lived at that Ajegunle before. It's after Mile 12 on Ikorodu road. The experience was harrowing, especially during Rainy season. It's better, residents are relocated to a better place before lives are lost.

daqskin:

A bike from Ketu to Ikordu will cost u 1,000 naira. ? what happened to all the BRT buses?