Aboru In Iyana Ipaja Needs Proper Drainages, Residents Lament

Residents and traders of Aboru, Iyana Ipaja, Lagos mainland yesterday lamented the heavy flood orchestrated by the morning rainfall on Tuesday, 28 April 2020 as the flood still remains stagnant in almost every part of the town.

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There was a heavy downpour in parts of Lagos last week that lasted about one hour, causing traffic congestion.

The Aboru town around the Iyana Ipaja area was overtaken by flood, thereby preventing roadside traders from displaying their wares.

Our reporter who visited parts of the area observed that some commercial buses broke down as a result of the flood forcing passengers to alight, push them off the road.

Lamenting the effects of the rainfall, a trader who claimed to be known as Iya Grace appealed to the government to construct proper drainages in order to spare them the odd situation. She said the flood usually affected their sales negatively because buyers abhor stepping in the water.
“This flood is caused by the absence of suitable channels for the free flow of water. When it rains the expected buyers of goods would not patronize the traders,” she said.

A bike rider, Mr. Gabriel blamed the indiscriminate erection of shops on culverts for the floods, noting that thrown were obstructing water channels and blocking the drainages. He laments that shops are always closed down whenever it rains.
“Whenever it rains, people will refuse to come out and this always affects our business as Okada riders which I am one of them,” he said, “We don’t want this year to be like last year.”

A Landlady, Mrs. Opatayo Racheal, said the causes of the flood is always due to lack of enough drainages, adding that the unconducive situation has been occurring for the past 30 years.

“Well, we are expecting a miracle soon because the Chairman of the Local Council Development Association (LCDA) of Agbado Ijaye, Dr. Augustine Arogundade, has visited us and promised that things will be done soon,” she said.

She said, “We only need proper drainages in Aboru to avoid the partial flow of water. If they are unblocked drainages, there will be a free flow of water and no flood.”