Ogun issues fresh food alert, urges residents in vulnerable areas to relocate 

The Ogun State Government has issued a caller flood alert up of the 2nd signifier of the 2026 rainy season, advising residents successful susceptible communities to stay vigilant and relocate to safer locations wherever necessary.

The informing followed a forecast by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) identifying Ogun among states expected to acquisition dense rainfall during the year.

In a connection signed by the Commissioner for Environment, Mr Ola Oresanya, the authorities authorities said the archetypal signifier of the rainy season, which ran from mid-March to July, witnessed aggravated rainfall and isolated flash floods successful immoderate parts of the state, but with comparatively minimal impact.

Oresanya attributed the humble interaction to the proactive measures adopted by the government, including sustained nationalist consciousness and education, regular attraction of rivers, streams and drainage channels, arsenic good arsenic improvements successful discarded absorption services.

He said peculiar attraction had been fixed to large stream channels and waterways, including Sokori River and its tributaries, Opa-Aro, Adiyan, Eruwuru, Yemule, Gbogidi Canal and Ijamido rivers and streams, among others.

According to him, NiMet’s Seasonal Climate Prediction indicates that the 2nd signifier of the 2026 rainy play is expected to commence successful September, with the authorities projected to acquisition aggravated rainfall averaging astir 360mm d...