The move is a response to the anticipated heavy rainfall and potential flooding across the country, as predicted by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet).
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This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen by NIHSA’s Director General, Umar Mohammad, who explained that the alert followed the agency’s forecast.
The directive comes on the heels of warnings issued by both the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) and the federal government.
The incident occurred on Saturday along the Uselu-Ugbowo road during a downpour that left several parts of the city inundated.
The President of the Nigerian Youth Parliament for Water (NYPW), Kabir Atobatele, made the position of the group known in a statement issued on Friday.
This was made known in Lokoja on Friday by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo.
Deputy Governor Joel Salifu, Chairman of the Flood Disaster Response Team, led the team to inspect the construction of the road on Sunday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the downpour submerged many houses in the area, with many residents displaced.
The Director-General of NEMA, Zubaida Umar, disclosed this in a statement by the Head of Press Unit, Manzo Ezekiel.
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa made this known on Wednesday when he briefed State House Correspondents.
Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, disclosed this in a statement in Minna, which he made available to newsmen.
A correspondent of the agency, who went round Makurdi on Sunday, reports that the worst hit areas included Achussah.
The Command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the death in a post he shared on his X handle on Thursday.
The operation was carried out by the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps and Ministry of the Environment.
Government Spokesman, Isaac Mwaura, said eight more people lost their lives in the raging floods in the last 24 hours.
The Ekiti State Government has reacted to a report that some persons were swept away by flood during a heavy downpour on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi Monday condoled with the families of three persons killed by flood at Dakingari town, headquarters of Suru Local Government Area of the State.
The Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed that flood has claimed no fewer than five lives in different parts of the state.
The State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said that flood has destroyed at least 700 houses and farmlands in Cheledi Community, Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
The Nigerian government and its sub-nationals have been urged to put in place contingency plans to forestall possible flooding in the coming weeks.