Ekiti Govt blames flooding on climate change, urges residents to stop blocking waterways

The Ekiti State Government has attributed the recurring flooding incidents in the state partly to changing environmental and climatic conditions, while urging residents to stop practices that obstruct waterways and worsen the impact of heavy rainfall.
The Chief of Staff to Governor Biodun Oyebanji, Adeniyi Adebayo, said the government had invested significantly in drainage construction, desilting and other ecological interventions to reduce the risk of flooding across the state.
Adebayo spoke during a press conference on activities lined up for the second-term inauguration of the Oyebanji administration, where he defended the government’s environmental management efforts and called fo...