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NEMA advises Kogi communities to relocate

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday advised communities in Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State to relocate immediately due to the rising water level. The … Continue reading NEMA advises Kogi communities to relocate


The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday advised communities in Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State to relocate immediately due to the rising water level.

The warning was given by the Director-General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani-Sidi, after presenting additional relief materials to victims of flood in Kogi State, according to a statement by NEMA spokesman, Yushau Shuaibu.
Mr Sani-Sidi said, “It is now necessary to call on people living in Ibaji to either move to Idah Local Government Council of the state or to closer communities in Anambra State.”
The NEMA boss, who presented the relief materials to the Kogi State governor, Idris Wada for onward distribution to the affected victims said the agency was using big boats and recruit the service of local canoe owners for the evacuation exercise. This came as as rescuers continued to evacuate displaced people from rooftops and trees.
Mr Sani-Sidi added that the agency was working with the Nigerian Red Cross Society to explore further assistance for the affected persons.
He said: “This necessitated a request for the deployment of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Society’s global tool: Field Assessment and Coordination Team. A three-man team has already been mobilized by the Geneva headquarters and the team is expected shortly in Nigeria for the possible assistance to the victims of the floods.”
The Kogi State governor, who was also flown by NEMA team in a rescue helicopter for aerial survey/view of the scenes of the flood, said “the situation is not only devastating but alarming by the magnitude of damages to the communities as we had just seen from the air.”