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NEMA Meets Governors Over Flood Alert

The meeting was part of efforts to guard against the 2023 flood alert predicted by the Agency.

By Kayode Oyero
Updated July 11, 2023
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(FILES) A photo shows a church and other buildings submerged along the East-West highway severed by flooding, bringing to a halt the movement of vehicles and economic activities, in Niger delta region of Ahoada, Rivers State, southern Nigeria, on October 21, 2022. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

 

The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ahmed Habib, on Tuesday, met with some state governors at the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Secretariat in Abuja.

The meeting was part of efforts to guard against the 2023 flood alert predicted by the Agency.

The meeting had NEMA representatives, governors of Kebbi, Anambra, Zamfara, Osun and Cross River states, amongst others, in attendance.

Last week, the Federal Government issued a flood alert, saying 14 states and 31 communities may witness heavy rainfall that could lead to flooding.

The states and communities identified include Plateau (Langtang and Shendam); Kano (Sumaila, Tudun Wada); Sokoto (Shagari, Goronyo and Silame); and Delta (Okwe).

Others were Kaduna (Kachia); Akwa Ibom (Upenekang); Adamawa (Mubi, Demsa, Song, Mayo-Belwa, Jimeta, and Yola); and Katsina (Katsina, Jibia, Kaita and Bindawa).

Also listed in the flood alert were Kebbi (Wara, Yelwa and Gwandu); Zamfara (Shinkafi and Gummi); Borno (Briyel); Jigawa (Gwaram); Kwara (Jebba); Niger (Mashegu and Kontagora).

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