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Following the release of an updated 2023 Water Releases Forecast for Flood Control by the Ogun-Osun River Basin Authority effective September and the high rainfall being experienced as predicted, the Lagos State Government on Sunday alerted residents, especially those in the downstream of the Ogun River of the likelihood of experiencing flood from this month. According to the statement signed …

Engr Joe Igbokwe was born in Uruagu Nnewi in Anambra to the late Chief & Mrs Daniel and Dinah Igbokwe on April 30 1956. He attended Uruagu Central School Nnewi for his Primary Education and got his First School Leaving Certificate In 1971. In 1974, he gained admission into Okongwu Memorial Grammar School Nnewi and passed out with Division one …

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed that the Department of Drainage Services hitherto moved to the Public Works Corporation be reverted to the Ministry of the Environment and renamed Office of Drainage Services.   The directive, which was contained in a release signed by the Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri- Okunola, stated that the …

. . . Charges Citizens to Make Environment Better The Lagos State Government has commended the significant contributions of corporate institutions towards environmental sustainability as it charged the citizens to act responsibly by making the environment a better place to live. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Environment, Mr. Abiodun Bamigboye gave the commendation at the launching of Danone’s “One …

In furtherance of the directive of the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Ministry of the Environment today, Saturday commenced desilting exercise across the metropolis, through its zonal offices . Our team on monitoring exercise captured scenes of the ongoing desilting of weep holes, and drainages around Ojota, Oworonsoki expressway areas. According to Mr. Abiodun Bamgboye, the intention of …

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State today visited the Olusosun dump site in furtherance of his pledge to improve the environmental situation as contained in the first Executive Order on Environmental and Sanitation Matters signed recently. Speaking during a visit to the dumpsite, alongside his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, the Governor said:  “we are here today to validate the Executive …

The Lagos Government has begun a sanitation intervention programme to address the challenges arising from the transition to a new solid waste management system in the State. A press statement issued by the Ministry of The Environment said the Sanitation Intervention Programme became necessary to ensure that no vacuum was created during the transition from the old waste management system …

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