The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Otuoke is located in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa and one of the communities mostly affected by flood disasters.
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Austin Oghoro, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, made the announcement to commemorate the World Food Day in Asaba.
The National Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday said that 17,631 residents of Niger affected by the recent flood were in urgent need of relief materials.
Karlsen said this on Friday in Abuja at a joint news conference by the European Commission in Nigeria and the National Emergency Management Agency.
The Nigerian Air Force says it has begun a five-day medical outreach for nearly 4,000 Internally Displaced Persons in Bayelsa.
“The secretary-general extends his condolences to the families of the victims and to the Government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and wishes the injured a speedy recovery,” said a statement issued by the secretary-general’s spokesman.
No fewer than 500 rice farms at Okpotuwari and Ondewari communities in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa, have been submerged by flood, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Omiebi made the call during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Patani, Delta State.
Some of the victims told the News Agency of Nigeria in Rimin Gado that they were yet to receive any assistance from two levels of government since flood ravaged their communities in August.
Arinze Awogu, the Chairman, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra, has decried the paucity of funds to attend to critical health and other needs of the Internally Displaced Persons in the area.
The Bayelsa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Monday pledged its commitment to disaster management to mitigate the he current floods in the state.
At least 826,000 Nigerians are severely affected by heavy flooding after the banks of the country’s two main rivers – Niger and Benue – bursted following heavy rain, which began falling in August.
After its assessment, the National Emergency Management Agency has declared 12 States along Rivers Niger and Benue as worst affected by flood disaster this year, while other states are being monitored.
Ogbeh disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at the inauguration of National Agricultural Seed Council Molecular Facility and the 2018 seed fair and Farmer’s field day.
No fewer than 150,000 persons have been displaced by flood in Bayelsa, the National Emergency Management Agency on Sunday disclosed.
Anambra State Emergency Management Agency says the government is grappling with the food and non-food needs of more than 12, 000 flood victims in the internally displaced camps in the state.
Chief Daniel Okafor, the Vice-President of AFAN, made the call in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday.
The most affected areas are Aduralere and lsale Koko communities in the llorin East local Government area of the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the woman who hails from Umuezeoma village gave birth on Monday at Ogbu-Aniocha, in one of the 28 emergency centres.
Na-Allahu gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiadua on Tuesday that the project, which will soon be completed, was financed by the Ecological Fund Office.