FLOOD CONTROL:

๐˜พ๐™๐™„๐™๐™„๐˜พ๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐™„๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™‘๐™€๐™‰๐™๐™„๐™Š๐™‰ ๐™Ž๐™€๐™๐™Ž ๐™Ž๐™๐˜ผ๐™‚๐™€ ๐™๐™Š๐™ ๐™‹๐™€๐™๐™ˆ๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™€๐™‰๐™ ๐™๐™‡๐™Š๐™Š๐˜ฟ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™๐™๐™Š๐™‡ ๐˜ผ๐™ ๐™€๐™‡๐™€๐™†๐˜ผ๐™ƒ๐™„๐˜ผ/RUMUKALAGBOR

18th November, 2025.

To address the persistent flooding challenges affecting residents and indigenes along the ๐™€๐™ก๐™š๐™ ๐™–๐™๐™ž๐™–/๐™๐™ช๐™ข๐™ช๐™ ๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™œ๐™—๐™ค๐™ง ๐™‡๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™๐™ค๐™–๐™™, and other adjourning streets, the Mayor of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Sir (Hon.) Allwell Ihunda, DSSRS, JP, earlier today undertook an on-the-spot inspection of the ongoing excavation works at the ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ (๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก) that channels water directly into the Waja Bridge Canal.

During the assessment, the Mayor identified key structural issues and uncovered a practical, long-term solution which is the construction of a permanent drainage system, with aim to permanently resolve the flooding problems within the area.

By phlgcom