The expert also spoke on factors responsible for frequent flooding in the country.
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So, the failure of maintenance of the Maiduguri dam contributed to the flooding. This should have been prevented. At the state level, we have the ministries of the environment and the Land Use Act has put land ownership in the hands of the governors, because the people are in the state. A vulnerability study will detect the flood plain and natural flood channels such that strict laws must be made and people should not have to build or block the channels. In that case, you reduce the incidence of flooding.: It is abstaining from indiscriminate dumping of refuse in rivers. Apart from other causes of flooding, our people are responsible for dumping lots of refuse in rivers and drainages. For instance, River Niger has become a dumping ground for refuse.
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