FLOODING: TRADEMORE ESTATE IS A DISASTER AREA, ACCORDING TO FCTA

By Tunji Wusu –

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has declared the Trademore Estate area a disaster zone in need of immediate action to prevent future damages and loss of lives and property, just two days after the devastating flooding that drowned no fewer than 116 dwellings in Lugbe District.

A scheme for evacuating individuals from those locations is also being considered, according to the FCTA, in order to guarantee that no more casualties occur there.

Adesola said they were astounded that individuals had returned to some of the properties barely two days after the flood when she led senior FCTA officials and chiefs of security and paramilitary organizations based in the FCT on an assessment tour of the damaged region.

He did, however, add that other FCTA officials, including FEMA, Development Control, and AEPB, as well as the FCDA Executive Secretary, who serves as the Taskforce on Flood Mitigation in the FCT, are now prepared to move forward and develop measures that will quickly address the threat.

“We just visited Trademore to see the developmental difficulties caused by the design of the drainage built to prevent water from crossing the roads in the area,” he stated. We realized that this needed serious investigation.

“We were astonished by the extent of the flooding that took place at Trademore Estate. More noteworthy is the danger individuals incurred by building on such a flat plain. We noticed while driving that even the houses’ roofs were below the level of the road, making them susceptible to floods.

The task team will get to work right once to offer suggestions for pressing problems or attention that needs to be paid to the area. We can’t just sit back and watch the catastrophe happen.

“We were shocked to see people returning to several of the properties just two days after the disaster. We shall thus be acting appropriately in a few days. We therefore proclaim the Trademore Estate area a disaster zone in need of immediate action due to the severity of the floods and the necessity to prevent future losses in terms of lives and property.

“In order to ensure that we don’t lose lives or property, we will look at a policy of evacuating individuals from certain locations.