Ekiti state governor, Biodun Oyebanji, weekend, lamented the massive destruction of property during the Saturday’s torrential downpour in Ado-Ekiti.
He described the proportion of wreckage as monumental and worrisome to his government.
Oyebanji, had in a statement shortly after the stormy rainfall, sympathised with the victims and pledged government’s support for those who were enmeshed in the web of destruction of timely interventions to rebuild their damaged structures.
Worst hit by the tornado were residential buildings, commercial structures, public institutions, while electrical facilities were not spared by the stormy rainfall, as many poles and telecommunication masts were pulled down by the furious wind.
While touring the sections affected Sunday to evaluate the level of wreckage, Oyebanji, represented by the deputy governor, Mrs Monisade Afuye, said he was happy that there were no casualties during the torrential and stormy downpour.
The governor stated that while some structures experienced partial damage, it was a complete sweeping for the rooftops and the entire structures in some places, which he said would automatically subject the owners to emergency financial burden.
Oyebanji applauded the Ado Ekiti traditional institution for demonstrating concerns over the incidence, by making representation to tour the metropolis to appraise the level of destruction.
The governor assured that his government being pro-masses, won’t abandon the victims in subduing the emergency shock occasioned by the disaster that rendered hundreds homeless and destroyed commercial centres.
“You could see that the destruction was massive and there is no way it won’t be a financial burden to those that were affected. Though, we are happy that no life was lost, this is the major thing to us,” he said.