The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has paid an on-the-spot assessment visit to scenes of the rainstorm that led to the destruction of about 100 homes in Ifaki-Ekiti, Ido/Osi Local Government Area of the state.
Oyebanji represented by Her Deputy, Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye who visited His Royal Majesty, Oba (Dr.) John Adegbenro Falore Ajigbade III, Olufaki of Ifaki-Ekiti in His Palace on Monday said the government would provide relief materials to the victims to rebuild their damaged structures, regretting how citizens were subjected to harrowing experience of homelessness due to the incident in in the town
Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye, restated the imperative of landlords conducting regular maintenance on their structures to abate the recurrent cases of building collapse during stormy downpour.
The governor said embracement of maintenance culture, coupled with tree planting around residential buildings to break the storm, are two strategic panaceas to avert landlords falling victims of this traumatizing occurrence.
Expressing grief over the frightening level of wreckage experienced in his town, the Olufaki of Ifaki Ekiti, Oba Adegbenro Falore, Oba Adegbenro who led Chief Afuye to affected buildings said the affected were aged and poor citizens, who are financially incapacitated.
The Monarch added that most dejected scenario to him was a 100-year old blind woman, whose building was completely damaged during the stormy rainfall.
“We are happy that the governor is a kindhearted man, who has always been listening to our requests and I know that he won’t let us down.
“We are going to escalate the campaign for maintenance culture on buildings and tree planting here during our council meetings. We are also assuring our governor that we will continue to support all his policies and programmes”.