The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned that 19 states including Lagos,Adamawa and Anambra will experience flooding following heavy rainfall between August 14 and August 18, 2023.
This is contained in a release on Monday by Flood Early Warning Systems (FEWS) Central Hub, Federal Ministry of Environment Abuja, and made available by the Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of the agency, Ibrahim Farinloye.
According to NEMA,the flood will heavily affect Apapa, Badagry, Eti Osa, Ikeja, Ikorodu, Ikoyi, Lagos Island, Ojo Lagos and Surulere areas of Lagos state; Atani area of Anambra state; and Numan and Shelleng areas of Adamawa state.
Aboh in Delta is predicted for flooding. Others are ; Ado Ekiti in Ekiti state; Akure, Idanre, Ifon, Iju Itaogbolu, Ogbese, Owo, Owena and Ondo areas of Ondo state; Ifo, Ota and Sagamu areas of Ogun state; Lafia and Wamba areas of Nasarawa state; Ikom and Ogoja areas of Cross River state; Jamaare, Misau, Azare, Itas, Kafin Madaki, Kari, Kirfi, Tafawa Balewa and Katagum areas of Bauchi state.
Also under NEMA ‘s flood alert are Hadejia and Miga areas of Jigawa state and Ilesa and Osogbo areas of Osun state; Kosubosu area of Kwara state; Anka, Bungudu and Gusau areas of Zamfara state; Goronyo area of Sokoto state; Serti area of Taraba state; Ito, Katsina-Alan and Vande-Ikya areas of Benue state; Oguta and Orlu areas of Imo state and Ugba area of Abia state.
The Agency in January said that no fewer than 662 persons died while 3,174 suffered injuries and 2,430,445 others were displaced by the 2022 flood disaster in Nigeria.
The Director of Human Resource Management NEMA, Musa Zakari attributed the frequency of flooding and other natural disasters in the country to rapid climate changes stressing that the country “may need to re-examine some fundamentally new and more efficient approach to disaster management”.
