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.
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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.
Mustapha Umar, the Director Relief and Orientation of the Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) disclosed this at a stakeholders meeting on disaster management on Thursday in Sokoto.
Omeluigboma and Oko communities are situated by the bank of River Niger.
Tanko Lawal, Information Officer to the SSG, in a statement in Minna on Monday, said Matane said this during an on-the-spot assessment of the flood situation in Mokwa Local Government Area of the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the state Governor, Abubakar Bello, had set up an Information Committee led by Alhaji Ibrahim Panti, Commissioner for Works to assess the level of damages by flood in the state.
They made this assertion in separate interviews with News Agency of Nigeria in a national survey on flooding and its effects on lives and property in the two geo-political zones.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria who visited the flooded parts of Lokoja on Thursday, reports that the flood had covered a section of the road at Ganaja village, thereby making it difficult for motorists coming to and fro to pass .
News Agency of Nigeria recalls that a commercial vehicle, carrying 14 passengers on Thursday, plunged into the river as water submerged the road including the bridge.
The Director General of NEMA, AVM Muhammadu Mohammed said this when his team paid a visit to the 26 Battalion, Nigeria Army, Ginginya Barracks, Sokoto.
Sale Jili, Executive Secretary of the Agency, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Kano.
Abbas Idriss, Director-General, FEMA, gave the warning in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
Dododo, who made the disclosure at a meeting with stakeholders held at the Cabinet Office in Birnin Kebbi, described the situation as worrisome.
Head of Imo-Abia Operations office of NEMA, Evans Ugoh, made the call in Owerri on Monday during a sensitisation visit to some flood prone communities in the two states.
Alhaji Ibrahim Farinloye, the Acting Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, made this known at the flag-off of the “Door to Door 2020 Flood Awareness and Sensitisation Campaign on Prevention, Management and Mitigation of Flood” in Mushin.
The Special Adviser to Governor Bello Matawalle on Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Fa’ika Ahmad, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Gusau.
The Chairman of the local government, Alhaji Abdullahi Maje, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday.