The National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA) has said that 662 persons lost their lives, 3,174 suffered injuries and 2,430,445 individuals were displaced by the 2022 flood disaster in the country.
The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mustapha Habib Ahmed, disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the one-week Strategic Executive Seminar for NEMA staff and wider Nigerian Emergency Management Stakeholders in Abuja.
He urged participants to use the opportunity to interact with one another, share experiences and develop holistic approaches to disaster and crisis management in Nigeria.
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