Gwamnatin jihar Lagos ta fitar da taro ga mazauna yankin bakin kogin Ogun, ta kira su da su koma dazuzzuka saboda fara sakin ruwa daga Oyan Dam.
An yi wannan taro ne bayan hukumar gudanarwa ta Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority (OORBDA) ta fara sakin ruwa daga madatsar ruwan Oyan. Gwamnatin jihar Lagos ta ce tana aiki tare da hukumar Ogun don kallon hali.
Ba zato ba, wasu mazauna yankin Isheri, kusa da hanyar Lagos-Ibadan, sun fara barin gidajensu bayan sun ga karuwar ruwan kogin Ogun. Ruwan ya kuma watsa zuwa yankuna da ke kusa da bakin kogi.
Komishinar na Muhalli da Albarkatun Ruwa, Tokunbo Wahab, ya ce aikin shekara-shekara na madatsar ruwan Oyan ana yin su ne bisa bayanan hydrological na yanzu, hasashen ruwan sama daga hukumar Nigerian Meteorological Agency da hasashen ambaliya daga hukumar Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency.
Ya ce gwamnatin jihar Lagos da OORBDA sun amince da damuwar da aka taso game da sakin ruwa daga madatsar ruwan Oyan da tasirin da ke da shi ga al’ummomin da ke kusa da kogin Ogun, musamman wa da ke jihar Lagos.
Ya bayyana cewa madatsar ruwan Oyan ake gudanarwa ta hanyar kiyaye ka’idojin aminci don hana cutarwa na tsarin madatsar ruwa da rage hatari na ambaliya. Ya ce gwamnatin ta gane matsalolin da mazauna yankin da aka shafa ke fuskanta, wadanda suka hada da Kara, Mile 12, Agiliti, Ikosi Ketu, Owode, Ajegunle, da Odo-Ogun.
Ya ce ambaliyar da aka fuskanta a yankin ba ta faru ne saboda sakin ruwa daga madatsar ruwan Oyan kadai, amma kuma saboda tarin adadi 52 na rafuffuka da ke shiga kogin Ogun, wanda ke kara yawan ruwa a yankin.
Ya ce gwamnatin ta ci gaba da kallon hali kuma tana aiki tare da hukumomin da al’ummomin da aka shafa don magance damuwar jin kai, musamman ga masu rauni kamar mata, yara, tsofaffi, da mutanen da ke da nakasa.
Ya kuma kira ga mazaunan jihar Lagos da su daina jefa tattarawa a wuri mai haramta.