Ahmed Mabudi, the Acting Director-General of Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, said the rumour making rounds about the release of water from the Lagbo Dam by Cameroonian authorities was untrue.
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The Anambra State Government has advised people living in flood-prone areas to immediately relocate to approved Internally Displaced Persons centres across the state.
The Bayelsa Government says it is taking steps to ensure that the anticipated flooding expected in some states does not have adverse consequences on residents.
Massive flooding has destroyed more than 175 houses, rendered at least 3,000 people homeless in Cross River, according to John Inaku, Director-General of State Emergency Management Agency.
Governor Muhammad Bindow of Adamawa on Monday urged the residents to prepare for flooding following the release of water from Lagdo Dam by the Cameroonian authorities.
The National Emergency Management Agency, Kano Operations Office, has warned residents of Jigawa and Katsina states, especially those living in flood-prone areas to desist from dumping refuse in water ways.
The Agency’s South West II Zonal Coordinator, Rufus Onimisi,
in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, said that it was currently fixing some bad roads in Olodi-Apapa, Iganmu and Ijora in Lagos, as well as the Gbagi area in Badagry.
This was announced on Thursday by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency
The Government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare, expressed dismay that the lawless activities of some people was constantly putting the lives and property of residents at risk
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the torrential rainfall, which started around 5am in parts of the metropolis, left many roads and neighbourhoods flooded
The government also predicted that the monsoon wind would bring rain from the West Africa coast around between June 22 and September/October
abode spoke at a sensitization workshop on water management and environmental control held at Ikeja, which is a prelude to a Water Technology and Environmental Control exhibition holding in Israel later in the year.
He also said that the number of displaced persons was less than a million in 2016 compared to 2.3 million persons in 2012 and that less than 100 people died in 2016 as against 360 persons in 2012
Some areas to be affected in the first phase of the demolition exercise will include some buildings in Omosebi, Gaa-Akanbi, Pipeline and Royal Shekinah Hotels areas
The heavy rain led to vehicular traffic, with some vehicles stopping in the flood
The flooding was attributed to blocked drainage
The Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Reng Ochekpe, made this known on February 10, 2014 while inspecting the the Kashimbila Multipurpose Dam site
Residents of Anua, Nsikan Eduok and Atan Offot on Olusegun Obasanjo Way were mostly affected as some of them lost household items, including clothes, chairs and beddings
The state government on Tuesday in Awuru Gungu, old Awuru and Tunga Tanko communities distributed relief materials to those dislodged by the flood, which occurred over the weekend
In February 2013, Nigeria Meteorological Services (NIMET) released its Seasonal Rainfall Prediction and warned that the entire western parts of the country are likely to be flooded later in the year