The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has advised state governments to take proactive and necessary mitigative measures in addressing forecasts on rainfalls and consequential flooding severities.
Umar Farouq, who made the remark in a statement urge states with highly probable flood risk areas to identify high grounds for use as camps for the evacuation of possible Internally Displaced Persons and to shelter evacuated communities. Borno, Yobe, Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi, Plateau, Nasarawa, Benue, Niger, Kogi, Enugu, Anambra, Imo, Abia, Rivbe and Akwa Ibom including
Delta, Edo, Ekiti, Osun,
Kwara, Zamfara, Sokoto,
Lagos, Ondo, Bayelsa, Kaduna,
Oyo, Ogun, Abia,
Kano, Kebbi and the FCT
were states likely to experience
rainfall and possible
flooding.
While sympathizing
with the people of Kebbi,
Bauchi and Jigawa states
following heavy flooding
in some areas which had
led to loss of lives and