NEMA Zonal Coordinator, Godwin Tepikor, South-South Zone, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Monday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
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The Executive Secretary, Dr. Emmanuel Shior, announced this while kick-starting the distribution of relief materials to flood victims on Tuesday in Makurdi.
The Agency’s Director General, Mustapha Ahmed announced this at an emergency technical meeting on flood situation in the country Monday, in Abuja.
Other frontline States include; Niger, Nasarawa, Kebbi, Kogi, Edo, Delta, Anambra, Cross River, Rivers and Bayelsa.
The victims also lost valuable items in areas like Oshodi, Ilupeju Avenue, Ureje, Ita Eku, and Temidire Eminrin.
Similarly, two other passengers in a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) were swept away by flash flood at Oyatoki Street, Orile Agege during the heavy rains.
Ilo-Boundary Ajegunle community shares a boundary with Ogun State at the Toll Gate area Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway
Federal Road Maintenance Engineer (FRME) in charge of Lagos II West, Olisa Emeter, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred around 7pm on Sunday during the torrential rain with the resultant heavy flood across the community.
The Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Abbas Idriss, gave the advice at the 2021 Annual Flood Review and Preparedness Meeting with 150 Divers, Community Vanguard, Local Emergency Committees and Town Criers, on Friday in Abuja.
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Dr. Mohammed Sulaiman, the Executive Secretary of the agency, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Yola that 227 houses and 300 farmlands were also destroyed by the flood.
The Information Officer in charge of the council, Alhaji Sunusi Doro, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday that the incident occurred after a torrential rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday.
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The Head of NEMA, Imo/Abia Operations, Evans Ugoh, announced this in a statement made available to newsmen in Umuahia on Sunday.
Francis Abioye, NAZAP National President, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Owerri that the rescue was carried out in collaboration with an NGO, Wild@Life e.V.
NEMA Director General, retired AVM Mohammed Muhammad, presented the materials at a ceremony in Tambuwal, headquarters of Tambuwal LGA on Tuesday.
The Team Leader of NEMA’s Emergency Operation Centre in Sokoto, Alhaji Tukur Abubakar, made this known while speaking with newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Monday shortly after meeting with the state governor, Atiku Bagudu.
Tambuwal stated this on Tuesday in Sokoto when he received the report of the special committee on 2020 flood disaster, chaired by Dr Jabbi Kilgori.
The flood had rendered many people homeless, destroyed farm produce and other property and contaminated potable water sources.