Ahmed Habib, director-general of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), met with some state governors at the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday, to find solutions to the seasonal flooding of homes and farmlands in Nigeria.
The meeting is coming in the wake of the 2023 flood alert predicted by NEMA.
Last week, the Federal Government issued a flood alert, saying 14 states and 31 communities may witness heavy rainfall that could lead to flooding.
The states and communities identified include Plateau (Langtang and Shendam); Kano (Sumaila, Tudun Wada); Sokoto (Shagari, Goronyo and Silame); and Delta (Okwe).
Others were Kaduna (Kachia); Akwa Ibom (Upenekang); Adamawa (Mubi, Demsa, Song, Mayo-Belwa, Jimeta, and Yola); and Katsina (Katsina, Jibia, Kaita and Bindawa).
Also listed in the flood alert were Kebbi (Wara, Yelwa and Gwandu); Zamfara (Shinkafi and Gummi); Borno (Briyel); Jigawa (Gwaram); Kwara (Jebba); Niger (Mashegu and Kontagora).
