![Nigeria: Oyo State Plans Major Dredging Projects]()
The Oyo State, triggered by the previous flooding experience has learnt its lesson, and is now undertaking preventive measures to anticipate potential flooding in the future, Business Day news portal writes. Namely, the state environmental ministry has initiated clearing of 43 key locations, which entails dredging of considerable number of rivers and streams across the [...]
![Nigeria: Group Lauds Governor over Oyo Rivers Dredging]()
According to theeagleonline.com, Oyó Patriotic Front organization has commended Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State for the dredging projects within the Ibadan area. The Chairman of the organisation, Chief Jare Adepoju, in a statement on Monday in Ibadan, said “without the dredging of the rivers, Ibadan, the state capital, would probably have witnessed another flood [...]
![Nigeria: Oyo State Government Plans to Dredge 43 Streams in 14 Days]()
The state Commissioner for the Environment and Habitat, Mr. Wasiu Dauda, said that the Oyo State government will complete the dredging of 43 streams within Ibadan and other cities in the next two weeks. He said the dredging of the streams would cost the government over N300 million. “The introduction of the weekly Thursday environmental [...]
![Nigeria: Oyo State Government OKs Dredging of 23 Rivers]()
In an apparent move to prevent a recurrence of the August 26, 2011 flood disaster, the Oyo State Government has approved the dredging of… (osundefender) Source: osundefender, February 15, 2012
