The NEMA Head of Operations for Jigawa/Kano Office, Malam Isah Yusuf, disclosed this in an interview
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An eyewitness, Malam Ibrahim Shuaibu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Wednesday that the worst affected areas included Sabuwar Unguwa, Abuja quarters and some parts of Katambawa area in the town
More than 1,000 houses were flooded in the city of Boma near the Angolan border, according to local authorities
On Saturday, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail visited the Red Sea town of Ras Gharib and inspected the damaged caused by flooding there, Egyptian television said
According to Oyeleye, some of the affected areas include: Kara, Isheri, Denro, Akute, Wawa and Warewa, all in Ifo and Obafemi Owode Local Government Areas of the state
Ugoh said Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta local government areas were the major areas prone to flooding in Imo State.
He said there were too many casualties and houses submerged in the area in 2012because the residents were not conscious of the sea level
The Executive Secretary of the agency, Alhaji Aliyu Bashir, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Friday
Inga said: “After the predicted flood warning by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency, we at state level had to embarked on awareness and sensitisation programmes to communities that are likely prone to flood
Buttressing his point, Chief Adepoju stressed that despite the heavy rains that occurred in the state last Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, September 13, 2016, no serious flooding was recorded. This he attributed to the sensitization efforts and the physical infrastructural activities carried out by the government
Although no building collapsed, the flooding collapsed the fence of some buildings leading to water flowing into houses
Asuquo expressed regrets that being a new resident of the area, it was difficult for his son to identify the drains from the road, saying this caused him (victim) to fall into the gutter
A resident of Sango, Tolu Philips, told NAN that he dreaded going out whenever it rained because of flood on various portions of the highway
Adejare made the appeal during his ongoing tour of flooded areas due to Sunday’s downpour in some parts of Lagos.
The tour took the commissioner, some officials in the ministry and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency to Sogunle in Ikeja, Ajiran in Lekki and Salawe/Taike in Ikosi-Ketu, among other areas
One of the victims, Emmanuel Magbo, told NAN during the on-the-spot assessment by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, that he was at a loss following the extent of damage
He said the call had become necessary especially now that there was a warning on impending flood in communities along the bank of the River Niger
NAN also reports that no fewer than 100 houses and public buildings in several adjoining villages were destroyed as a result of the incidents
However, to relocate such villagers and provide shelter to victims of similar disaster in the future, the Federal Government decided to construct a resettlement camp at Oghomere-Ekperi.
Represented by the Head of Rescue and Rehabilitation Unit of the agency, Malam Muhammad Garba, Rukuje said the flood affected some houses and commercial areas in eight communities in the area
He said: “At our monitoring station in Wuro-Boki, Adamawa State, the first monitoring station as River Benue enters Nigeria, the water level has risen to 5.36m as at August 8, 2016 (as against 4.88m recorded on August 8, 2012)
The lawmaker told The Eagle Online on Tuesday evening that the heavy downpour, which lasted several hours, wrecked havoc by disconnecting the council secretariat from the people, forcing residents to go through Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State before they can reach the council headquarters