The Federal Capital Territory Administration has declared the Trademore Estate, located along the Lugbe-Airport Expressway, a disaster zone.
The Permanent Secretary of the FCTA, Mr Olusade Adesola announced a tour of the estate which suffered devastating floods last week Friday.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Nkechi Isa, on Tuesday.
The inspection followed the unfortunate flooding incident that occurred at Phase 2 of the popular estate, after hours of heavy rainfall last Friday morning.
The Director General of the FCT Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Abbas Idriss said, the decision followed the “consistent and persistent” threat to life from flooding at the Estate while adding that the FCT Administration places a high premium on lives and properties of residents of the Estate.
“It is expected that whoever resides in the estate should relocate to a safer place. The Federal Capital Territory Administration has placed a high premium on the lives and properties of the residents of the Estate, hence the reason for declaring the Estate a Disaster Zone”, Idriss said.
While commiserating with the people affected by the floods, Dr. Idriss advised the residents of the FCT to always adhere to early warnings and avoid any act that could lead to flooding in the FCT.
The Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Director General of FEMA, FCT Commissioner of Police, Commandant, of Nigerian Security & Civil Defence Corps, Director, of the Department of Development Control, and other Heads of Agencies and Departments of the FCTA & FCDA, were on the Permanent Secretary’s entourage.
The PUNCH had earlier reported that the flood which occurred on Friday the 23rd of June had submerged a total of 116 houses, according to a statement by FEMA.
An eyewitness, Segun Akin, had also blamed the government for the recurring flood in the estate while calling for a holistic solution to the issue.
Recall also that the FEMA boss, while stating that the estate was sitting on a waterway, had said that the government would rather “clear that estate”, than than lose one life.
