“It is difficult for Nigerians to leave their ancestral land for any reason, even with flood predictions and warnings. They would tell you that such prediction was made a year or two ago, but nothing happened.” Nigeria FloodingInNigeria Flood
destruction of homes and properties, the Nigerian Emergency Management Agency has accused some Nigerians of making things difficult for the agency in its yearly response to flooding and other natural disasters.
But some resident of Baure Local Government Area in Katsina State have said 24 hours after flood caused by a heavy downpour washed away many houses and displaced scores of residents, no help from any government agency had reached the victims. The governor, in a statement in Minna on Sunday, signed his Chief Press Secretary, Mary Noel Berje, expressed sadness over the Suleja incident, saying that despite the flood alert based on the NEMA’s, the Nigeria Hydrological Service Agency’s and the Nigeria Meteorological Agency’s weather predictions earlier issued by the state government, the ugly incident still happened.
Ortom said until River Benue is dredged, flood control efforts in Makurdi and its environs would continue to yield little or no results.The governor stated this after inspecting the level of devastation caused by flood in Makurdi metropolis as a result of several hours of downpour.
Lawan also warned against indiscriminate felling of trees by residents and developers for development purposes, explaining that the trees served as vegetation cover, protects the soil and controls flooding.
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