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NEMA warns Nigerians of severe flooding in 2023
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned Nigerians to expect severe flooding this year.
The Director-General of NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed, who gave the warning at a two-day Experts’ Technical Meeting on 2023 Climate-Related Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Strategies on Wednesday in Abuja, said there had been seasonal climate predictions and annual flood outlooks by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA).
He said last year’s flood disaster in the country was an eye-opener for NEMA and warned that the agency would spread early warning messages and signals to states, local government areas and Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Ahmed said: “We have started early this year, as we are ready for early warning and early action.
“We will bombard every citizen, state and local government areas with this information as we want them to know that it is serious.
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“We will not keep quiet. We want them to know that there will be flood this year.”
He urged Nigerians living around water channels and flood plains to relocate to safer grounds.
“This time, we came out early with this prediction and we expect that relevant actors, governments and individuals will go to work.
“We expect that actions should be taken, especially at the sub-national levels, early enough, to mitigate the impact of flooding in the country,” the NEMA chief added.
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