Residents of Ado Ekiti welcomed the first rain in 2021 with a beautiful emotion and sweet words on Wednesday.
They appeared to have been motivated by disturbing memories of the last season, coupled with the hope of better things to come.
Some residents of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, on Wednesday expressed delight as the state recorded the first rain in the new year.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the evening rain, which did not last more than 40 minutes, fell in most parts of Ado Ekiti, the state capital, and other adjoining towns.
In separate interviews in Ado Ekiti, the residents including a farmer, trader and civil servant, said that they were glad that the first rainfall did not occur with wind and thunderstorms.
Mr Kayode Olaseinde, a civil servant, said that the first rain recorded in the state in year 2021 brought sad memories of the tragic occurrence in 2020.
According to him, the first rain in year 2020 in the state wreaked havoc as it destroyed properties and caused flooding that submerged many residences.
A trader, Mrs Olufunke Damilola, however said that the first rain in the state in 2021 had brought considerate relief in reducing the current heat occasioned by the long dry season.
An agriculturist, Mr Bamidele Esho, however, warned that seeing the first rain in the year did not suggest that farmers should rush to the farm to start planting.
