Ortom made the plea in an interview with newsmen shortly after inspecting the flooded areas in Makurdi.
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the heavy downpour destroyed many property in the affected areas, especially houses at the back of Ogun River.
The News Agency of Nigeria correspondent who went round to monitor the situation in the Edo State capital, reports that several houses were submerged by the flood and others destroyed.
A community leader, Joel Okanyi, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in a telephone interview that heavy flood had cut off the community from other neighbouring areas.
No fewer than 3,000 houses in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo were submerged by flood, following River Niger surge due to the release of water from Lagdo dam in Cameroon.
Clement Onyeaso, the Director General of NIHSA gave the advice while briefing the newsmen on Monday in Abuja.
Dr Muhammad Sulaiman, the Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency, has confirmed that over 100 villages in seven local government areas in the state had been displaced by flood.
Dr Muhammad Sulaiman, the Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency, confirmed this to NAN on Saturday in Yola.
Inga disclosed this when he appeared before the Niger State House of Assembly to brief it on the agency’s activities in 2019.
Residents of some communities in Badagry area of Lagos State have continued counting their losses due to flooding after many hours of weekend rainfall which destroyed homes, churches, shops and farmlands.
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has directed public primary and secondary schools submerged by flood in the state to proceed on three weeks holiday from Monday.
Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun has directed residents living in flood prone areas of the state to relocate for their safety.
In a statement signed by the State Commissioner for The Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, the State assured the residents that succour will soon come as it is deploying more flood abatement gangs to major trouble spots to free manholes and some clogged up drains to compliment the major contractors handling the cleaning up of major drains.
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria in Jigawa on Friday says reoccurring flood has destroyed over 3,000 farmlands in Guri Local Government Area of the state.
The National Emergency Management Agency has issued a notice to four communities in Imo State to relocate to safer sites over a possible flooding, which it said might occur any moment from now.
Yahaya made the disclosure while addressing newsmen after a stakeholders meeting at the state emergency operation centre on Saturday in Lokoja.
Flood caused by days of incessant rain has submerged roads leading to four schools in Auyo Local Government Area of Jigawa.
Some parts of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital have been ravaged by floods which has led to the collapse of three buildings.
The agency said Orachi River and Oguta Lake have both risen in volume following the persistent rainfall recently.
Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ismail Omipidan, said in a statement on Saturday in Osogbo that Oyetola announced this while inspecting the dredging of Osun River.