FOLLOWING AN ALERT OF RISING RIVER LEVELS BY THE NIGERIA HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES AGENCY, NIHSA, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS RAISED AN ALARM OF FLOODING IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING LAGOS, RIVERS, THE FCT, AND 28 OTHER STATES.
ACCORDING TO THE AGENCY’S DIRECTOR GENERAL, UMAR IBRAHIM, THERE WOULD BE PROBABLE FLOOD RISKS BETWEEN AUGUST 7 AND AUGUST 28, RANGING FROM HIGH TO VERY HIGH.
THE AGENCY’S ALERT HOWEVER LISTED THE AFFECTED STATES TO INCLUDE ADAMAWA, AKWA IBOM, ANAMBRA, BAUCHI, BAYELSA, BENUE, BORNO, CROSS RIVER, DELTA, EBONYI, EDO, FCT, GOMBE, IMO, JIGAWA, KADUNA, KEBBI, KOGI, KWARA, LAGOS, AND NASARAWA.
OTHERS, IT SAID, ARE NIGER, OGUN, ONDO, PLATEAU, RIVERS, SOKOTO, TARABA, YOBE, AND ZAMFARA.
NIHSA HOWEVER URGED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDERS TO ACTIVATE THEIR RESPONSE PROTOCOLS AND ADVISED THAT EVACUATION PLANS BE PUT IN PLACE FOR COMMUNITIES AT RISK.
