The United Nations says Nigeria will need $38 million (about N5.7 billion) in emergency aid to help 2.1 million people uprooted from their homes by flooding.
The spokesperson for the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Jens Laerke on Friday said the aid plan includes help with food, water, shelter and schools mainly in farming and fishing communities along the Niger River.
Statistics from the National Emergency Agency (NEMA) office indicates that Nigeria’s worst flooding in at least half a century killed over 360 people and affected over 7 million people.
The agency further said that the flood disaster have displaced 2.1 million people and injured about 18,282 people.
Flooding in the oil rich Niger Delta, has disrupted oil production to the tune of around 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) – more than a fifth of nation’s oil output – according to the Department of Petroleum Resources.
A cocoa industry body, last month predicted that cocoa output would fall far short of a 300,000 tonne target because of excessive rain.
