By Our correspondent
The Federal Government says the 2023 flood situation across the country is worsening as 20 states have been hit by different degrees of flooding.
It said this had resulted in the demise of about five people.
The Director-General, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, Clement Nze, disclosed this at the National Emergency Coordination Forum, organised by the National Emergency Management Agency in Abuja.
He said, “The states and the affected LGAs are Anambra (Onitsha North, Orumba North); Adamawa (Yola North, Machika, Madagali); Abia (Aba South); Akwa Ibom (Uyo); Edo (Benin); Benue (Makurdi); Borno (Bama, Mobbar); Delta (Oshimili South, Warri), Ekiti (Ikole); Imo (Owerri), and Kwara (Oke-Ero, Moro)
Providing an update on the flood situation in Nigeria, with respect to the projections in the 2023 AFO, he said, “So far, not less than 20 states of the federation and the FCT have experienced one degree of flooding or the other with over 46 LGAs affected and several casualties recorded and houses submerged.
“The general outlook shows that 178 LGAs fall within the high flood risk areas spreading over 32 states and the Federal Capital Territory, while 224 LGAs fall within the moderate flood risk areas, as the remaining 372 LGAs fall within the Low Flood Risk Areas,” Nze stated.
