The FCT Emergency Management Department, FEMD, has dismissed as untrue video trending on social media alleging that two persons were swept away by the floods at Trade More estate in Lugbe.
The Acting Director General of FEMD, Florence Wenegieme, after an assessment of affected areas at Trade More declared that no life was lost.
The acting Director, FCT Emergency Management Department insisted that aside the houses submerged by the floods, no life was lost to flooding at Trade More Estate, Lugbe.
She further explained that FCTA was prevented from removing the 116 structures marked for demolition in 2023 when Trade More was declared a disaster zone structures by a court injunction instituted by the Association of Residents of Trade More.
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The acting DG lamented that a primary school with about 500 pupils, management and staff is also sitting on the water channel, describing it as a disaster waiting to happen
Wenegieme appealed to residents of houses marked for demolition at Trade More to relocate for their own safety while advising the owners of Trade More to provide all needed infrastructure to avert a recurrence of flash floods that may lead to loss of lives in the Estate.
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(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
