Ogun raises task force on flooding

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A LAGOS High Court sitting in Ikeja yesterday sentenced a middle-aged man, Joel Omotosho, to 16-and-a-half years imprisonment for stealing N20 million belonging to his employers. Justice Adebisi Kayode-Ogunmekan in her judgment dismissed an application filed by the prosecution for the forfeiture of a property he admitted building with the stolen money. The prosecution, led by Mr.

TO contain expected flooding during the current rainy season, Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has set up a task force to devise measures on how to combat the impending threat.

The task force consists of permanent secretaries in charge of the Ministries of Works, Environment, Water Resources and the Bureau of Urban and Physical Planning (BUPP), as well as their senior officers.

The task force members yesterday met with the governor, Secretary to the State Government and Head of Service, to design the best approach to contain the expected flood and ensure that there is no repeat of last year’s disaster in the state.

It would be recalled that flood wreaked havoc in Lagos and Ogun states due to heavy rains, which led to the overflow of Ogun-Osun Rivers and destroyed property worth millions of naira in the two states.

Meanwhile, Amosun on Wednesday evening informed the management of the state-owned electronic, media that they should operate like professional news organisations and not as the mouth-piece of the state government.

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Ogun raises task force on flooding