Residents of Alafia Tayo Close, Idowu Ajibola Estate, Ogo-Oluwa Area, Osogbo, have called on the Osun State Government to save them from the gully erosion cutting ravaging the street.
In a chat with our correspondent, residents complained that over the years due to poor drainage, rain water, instead of percolating, has been slowly cutting through the small drainage channel that has been in existence.
Mrs. Abosede Raji, one of the occupants of the houses, explained that the drainage had been adequate before 2015 but because of the increase in the amount of rainfall and also due to blockade from indiscriminate refuse disposal, the water had been forced to flow through another space.
She stated that over the years, the water flow has been slowly cutting at the soil and it has amounted to a gully, which if not taken care of may cut them off from the rest of Baruwa Community.
Israel Akinwale, another occupant, explained that they have taken their case to the Community Development Association which had promised to table it before the state government.
He disclosed that as at the last time such a request was made, they were told that work would be done on it when the state government commenced rehabilitation work on the Baruwa Street road.
A school proprietress, who craved anonymity because of her school, told Afrosky News that she has spent a lot of money in solidifying the base of her school building in order to withstand the impact of the water.
According to her, “I noticed the impeding gully when I initially paid the rent for the school building. There were some houses here that always submerged in the middle of the rainy season due to flooding.
“At this time of the year, this whole area gets flooded and on that particular drainage, the flowing water gets so much and powerful that it can carry a human being.
“What saddens me is that students cross the gully on their way to school and we have warned that whenever it rains, they should just take the main road instead of taking the short route via the gully.”
Residents also complained that the gully is threatening the opposite field which serves a triple purpose both as an Eid praying ground, for open reception and for football competition among the youths in the area.
They urged the state government to come to their aid and rehabilitate the drainage and block the gully.
