The federal government says 28 states will experience heavy
rainfall before the year ends.
In a statement, Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of humanitarian
affairs, disaster management and social development, asked state governments to
implement measures that will address the impact of the heavy rainfall and
flooding.
She said the 2020 Annual Flood Outlook forecasts that 102
local government areas (LGAs) in 28 states will have heavy rainfall, while 275
local government areas (LGAs) in the 36 states of the federation and Abuja will
experience moderate flooding.
The minister called on state emergency management agencies,
frontline local government authorities and other response agencies to adopt
precautionary actions by carrying out public enlightenment and ensuring the
dredging of river channels and canals.
She identified the following as states that will experience
heavy rainfall and possible flooding
- Borno
- Yobe
- Gombe
- Adamawa
- Taraba
- Bauchi
- Plateau
- Nasarawa
- Benue
- Niger
- Kogi
- Enugu
- Anambra
- Imo
- Abia
- Rivers
- Akwa Ibom
- Delta
- Edo
- Ekiti
- Osun
- Kwara
- Zamfara
- Sokoto
- Lagos
- Ondo
- Bayelsa
- Kaduna
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