Ekiti dredges waterways, builds culverts to check flooding

Ekiti State Government has embarked on the construction of culverts and dredging of waterways to avert flooding in the state.

The government has also taken actions to rejuvenate the depleted nine forest reserves in the state as well as acquiring new lands for the plantation of indigenous trees to check desert encroachment in Ekiti.

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The State Project Coordinator of a World Bank initiative, Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), Dr. Akinyemi Akinyugha, said the government through NEWMAP, would soon complete construction of Arinkin and Ajolagun culverts in Ikere and Oke Ako Ekiti respectively.

The NEWMAP Coordinator, who is also the Senior Special Assistant on Environment to Governor Kayode Fayemi, described the two sites as heavily prone to flooding.