Olorunda Akobo residents sends SOS to governor Makinde over impending flood disasters
From Ogundele Olanrewaju
Residents of Wisdom Estate, Olorunda, Akobo, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday send Save Our Soul (SOS) letter to the governor of the state, Engr. Seyi Makinde and relevant stakeholders within the state over illegal construction on water ways within the estate by adamant landlords, noting that the construction posed danger to their live and property.
They lamented that despite series of letters writing to the Commissioner of Land, Housing and Urban Development, and a Director at Lagelu Town Planning Office, Akobo to alert them of the impending danger, none of their demands was attended to.
A letter signed by chairman and secetrary of Wisdom Estate Landlord Association, Adegbite Fadebiyi and Nafui Busari respectively pointed to impending flood at Road E2 of the estate due to non-challant attitude of some concernerd landlords who failed to observed town planning regulations regarding channelisation, adding that owners of the properties failed to stopped work despite several appeal.
They maintained that the contraction is posing danger to over 300 house hold, students and residents within the estate.
“The situation in the street usually get worse during raining season as the street usually get flooded due to construction of brick walls by the affected landlords in front of their houses thereby preventing free flow of water into the water channels”.
“Another infractions is the blockage of a road by a landlord who claimed to have bought a portion of land which supposed to serve as a road at Road 2L along the stream side of the estate and Road 4 within the estate are generatimg concern among the inhabitants which also required your attention”.
“This is to call the attention of the Oyo State government to the illegal classroom construction on the road along Aseda Private School, at Widom Estate, Olorunda, Akobo, Ibadan which has been hidering movement of people in the community”.
“We write to seek your intervention in providing some lasting solution to some observed infractions in our estate”.
“It should be noted that all these infractions has defiled all solutions proffered by the executives of the estate”.
“Series of meetings has been held with all the concernerd landlords to resolved the matter but all the efforts turned out fruitless”.
“We however requested your visit to the affected area and also do the needful”.
