Lagos evicts flood victims from Agbowa Ikosi relief camp

Lagos evicts flood victims from Agbowa Ikosi relief camp 

The Lagos State Government has shut the Agbowa Ikosi relief camp ten months after it was opened for the victims of last year’s flooding in Ajegunle, along Ikorodu road.

The Commissioner for Special Duties, Doctor WALE AHMED who led the operation said the government has taken care of the one thousand, one hundred displaced people in the camp.

The General Manager of the Lagos State emergency Management Agency, Doctor FEMI OKE-OSANYINTOLU said the camp would be prepared for future relief exercises.

Some of the displaced persons commended the state government for coming to their assistance.          

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