Meantime, an industrialist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has donated the sum of N50 million and another N10m worth of relief materials to the Oyo State Government for onward transmission to the victims of the flood disaster that ravaged the state on 26 August, 2011.

This came as the Distrcit Governor, Lions Club, District 404B Nigeria, Dr. Ayoade Adesokan donated relief materials worth N3m to the victims  at the headquarters of the Oluyole Local Government.

The items donated by the club included matresses, bags of rice and semovita, detergents, clothing materials and many other things.

Alhaji Dangote announced the donation when he paid a condolence visit to the governor ont the disaster.

The industrialiast said the state was lucky with the type of governor the people voted for in the last general election.

He said he would like to be partner to the progress going on in the state by investing in it adding that very soon Dangote Group of Companies would come and see the type of investment that would be beneficial to the people of the state.

Alhaji Dangote commiserated with the families of the victims and prayed that god would not allow such disaster int he state again.

He added that the government must do something to find a lasting solution to the recurring flood disasters in the state stressing  that the governor shouald advise his people to avoid blocking water ways with structures and other things that could obstruct free flow of water.

Responding, Governor Abiola Ajimobi commended the large heartedness of the business tycoon and described him as epitome of simplicity.

Ajimobi noted further that the disaster happened exactly 31 years after the ogunpa of 1980 which measured 78.9mm adding that the recent one was more devastating because it measured 89.5mm and was propelled by wind that travelled at 65.2km per hour.

He restated that his administration would not go back on its decision to demolish all the structures obstructing the waterways.

However, he said arrangements had been made to provide alternative accommodation for the displaced people.