It also urged the government to make funds available from the Ecological Fund to enable effective control and management of catastrophe be carried out.
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The President, who made his feelings known in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu in Abuja on Monday, pledged the federal government’s support for the victims of the disaster.
Flood caused by downpour during the weekend washed away property worth N8 million in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State, the acting Chairman of the Local Government, Alhaji Hassan Musa, said on Monday.
No fewer than five persons were feared dead and property worth millions of naira destroyed on Friday night as flood wreaked havoc in some parts of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
The Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Ibrahim Inga, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Tuesday.
The General Manager of the authority, Alhaji Malami Shekara, gave the advice on Wednesday in Birnin-Kebbi.
The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that 65 communities, which spanned 14 out of the 17 local government areas of the state, were ravaged by the incident.
NAN observed that fresh excavations on the drainages on the highway as result of the ongoing drainage reconstruction project on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway forced the flood onto the fence which caved in.
He said that Tuesday’s heavy down-pour rendered many people homeless in the communities including Ketso, the state deputy governor, Ahmed Ketso’s village.
There again is another alert of an emergency warning from the Niger Basin Authority ( an intergovernmental organisation in West Africa aiming to foster cooperation in managing and developing the resources of the basin of the River Niger) and confirmed by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency of the rising water levels in Niger which has been at “Orange Alert level” consistently for the past 7 days. The Orange Alert is the second most severe category in measurement.
Bello, who spoke during a tour of flood ravaged areas of Lokoja, listed the affected local governments to include: Lokoja, Ibaji, Igalamela -Odolu, Ajaokuta, Kogi and Bassa.
She said the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, handed over the items to Dr Cecilia Ojabo, the Benue Commissioner for Health in Makurdi on Sunday.
Also, in response to the request by the Benue State Government, the Committee has approved the release of one Internally Displaced Persons hostel already completed by the Committee in Benue State to provide temporary shelter for some of the displaced persons.
Ortese told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Makurdi that the allegations were “false, malicious and calculated at tarnishing the image of the state”.
The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.
He said that his prompt response to the plight of the displaced persons was to let them know that he, his family and friends were solidly behind them.
Obaseki said the scale of the crisis resulting from the flooding in parts of Benue State was beyond the power of the State Government alone and urged global leaders, captains of various industries as well as religious leaders to mobilise resources for victims of the flood.
Jibril stated this on Monday in Makurdi while on assessment tour of the flooded areas and some camps for the Internally Displaced Persons in the state.
The Director-General of the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency, John Inaku, made the disclosure while assessing the extent of damage in flooded areas in Calabar South on Monday.
The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.