The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned there will be flood in 102 local government areas in 28 states across the country.
The Director-General of the agency, Muhammadu Muhammed, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said the yearly Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) and Annual Flood Outlook (AFO) released by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) predicted the floods in June.
Muhammed said Kaura and Zaria local government areas in Kaduna state are among the high-risk areas.
The director-general said state emergency management agencies should sensitise residents and be ready to evacuate communities.
He also advised governments to organise state humanitarian coordination forum meetings in order to prepare stakeholders for mitigation and response to floods when they hit.
“That refuse, weeds, water hyacinths should be removed from drainages, water channels and all avenues for river run-offs so as to allow free flow of floodwaters,” the director-general said.
Some parts of Lagos was enveloped by floods sometime in June
Ikeja, Marina, Dopemu, Iyana-Ipaja, Egbeda, Ajah and Lekki were some of the areas affected by the floods in the state.
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