Flooding: How Osun controlled the menace – Lawmaker

The Chairman, Osun State House of Assembly Committee on Environment and Sanitation, Benjamin Ogundipe has revealed that the state government took proactive measures in tackling the menace of flooding across the state.

Ogundipe made this known on Friday while chatting with journalists during the budget defence exercise by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) at the State Assembly Complex.

Ogundipe while calling on residents to be mindful of the way they managed the environment also revealed that the state did the needful on flooding control.

According to him, “If we all take care of our environment, it will be to our advantage. I want to implore our people to take good care of their environment.”

He charged the ministry not to relent on its efforts to bring all the parks alive in the state.

In his response, the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Environment, Rufus Oyegbile promised to improve the services of the ministry in the state.

The Chairman, House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Taiwo Adebayo Olodo urged Osun Parks and Gardens Management Agency to turn all the recreation centres into revenue-generating bases. He also acknowledged the cooperation of various MDAs since the commencement of the budget defence exercise as he charged MDAs in the state to improve on their internally generated revenue in order to boost the state’s economy.

Olodo also confirmed that Osun is second in the country on budget performance after Kaduna State.

“Osun State came second in terms of budget performance after Kaduna state in Nigeria. We are now getting it right with the support of government and press,” he stated.

Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government that appeared for budget defence exercise included Ministry of Environment and Sanitation, Osun Waste Management Agency, Osun Signage, Hoarding and Advertisement Agency and Osun State Emergency Management Agency. Others were Osun Parks and Gardens Management Agency, Office of Forestry, Natural and Minerals Resources and Ministry of Political Affairs and Inter- Governmental Relations.

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