Kwara State Government has urged residents of the state to take precautionary measure put in place against flood seriously to save their lives and property.
In a statement the state Commissioner for Communication Bola Olukoju says various agencies of government have conducted several public enlightenment programmes on flooding and how to mitigate its impacts in areas that are prone to it.
According to it more of such programmes are still ongoing, including radio jingles and community leaders engagement.
The statement explains that the state government had desilted many drainages and water passages within the metropolis.
It discourage actions that may compound the threats of climate crisis and rise in water levels.
It advice those in riverine communities of Patigi and Edu among others prone to flooding to relocate to places long allocated for the purpose.
The statement says the state government will continue to lend its voice to calls for the dredging of the River Niger which is the permanent solution to the perennial flooding in that axis.
Radio Nigeria