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NEMA: There will be flood in 28 states

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has announced that there will be flood in 102 local government areas across 28 states in the country in the weeks ahead.

The director general of the agency,  Muhammadu Muhammed revealed in a statement on Friday that the yearly seasonal rainfall prediction (SRP) and annual flood outlook (AFO) released by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) predicted the floods in June.

Muhammed disclosed that Kaura and Zaria local government areas in Kaduna state are among the high-risk areas and called on state emergency management agencies to sensitise residents and be ready to evacuate communities.

The director general implored governments to organise state humanitarian coordination forum meetings in order to prepare stakeholders for mitigation and response to floods when they hit.

“That refuse, weeds, water hyacinths should be removed from drainages, water channels and all avenues for river run-offs so as to allow free flow of flood waters,” the director-general said.

Recently in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, several areas such as Marina, Lekki, Dopemu, Iyana-Ipaja, Egbeda, Ikeja and Ajah were affected by the floods.

Seasonal flood has become a yearly menace in most parts of Nigeria affecting several communities with water bodies around them. In 2018, more than a hundred persons, according to NEMA, lost their lives as several communities across Niger, Kwara, Benue, Kogi, Adamawa, Taraba, Kebbi, Bayelsa, Edo, Anambra, Rivers and Delta were submerged by flood.

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