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.
Browsing: Flooding
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
He said: “We have advised people living in flood-prone areas to vacate those places, based on NIMET’s predictions that there would be heavy rainfall this year but many people did not heed our advice
The statement reads: “It beats the imagination of the Congress that our politicians are busy quarreling, engaging in fisticuffs and casting aspersions on themselves in both electronic and print media just because of 2015 elections at a time when many Nigerians have died on our dilapidated roads and as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency, ocean surges and floods
The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Board, Alhaji Ali Bashir, confirmed the incident in an interview with NAN
Ezekiel said that the agency carried out a vulnerability study and identified 90 local government areas in states named by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency rainfall prediction for 2013 to be affected by flooding
The ministry appealed to government and people of the prone areas to take all necessary precautionary measures to avoid any disaster
Addressing ministers and officials at a meeting, which he called at the Presidential Villa to review ongoing flood containment measures, President Jonathan warned that he will not tolerate any excuses for a repeat of the flooding disasters that displaced various communities across the country in 2012
Bello said that although the state government had always undertaken
routine flood prevention measures, it had stepped up preparations in
view of heavy rainfall predicted this year in the state
They appealed to the Ebonyi Government to come to their rescue and to take urgent steps in dredging the river and removing structures that hindered free flow of water in the area
Nine Local Government Areas in the state, including the Lokoja Local Government Area, were affected by the disaster last year
Tabai said CAN representatives in the 14 local government areas affected by flood in the state received the money for the churches and that the grants were disbursed in Warri
Alhaji Atiku Maradun, the Executive Secretary of the Zamfara Emergency Management Agency, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Gusau, the state capital