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
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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
This was contained in a communiqué issued in Abuja on Wednesday, signed by Papa Oumar Dieye, the Communications Officer of the Agromet Regional Centre in Niamey, Niger
“The good thing about flood is that even though it’s a natural occurrence, it is reasonably predictable and it’s seasonal and you also can predict places that may be affected
The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is the the world’s foremost gathering of stakeholders committed to reducing disaster risk and building the resilience of communities and nations
In addition to the issues of flood, he said the Agency has also provided various humanitarian assistance to the state over the recent security challenges that occurred, including the incidences in Baga and Bama towns
At the ceremony, which took place at the cargo terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Sani-Sidi disclosed that between June and October this year, Nigeria experienced unprecedented floods, which affected about 7.7 million people, displacing 2.1 million while 363 people lost their lives
Ouedraogo said that providing assistance to alleviate the sufferings of ECOWAS citizens affected by humanitarian challenge “is a core mandate” of the Commission under the regional Protocol relating to the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Peacekeeping and Security
The Forum will be jointly chaired and facilitated by NEMA and OCHA and will be initially organised on a weekly basis
Vice President Namadi Sambo reiterated this when he took an aerial view of the flood devastated areas of Nasarawa and Plateau States
UNOCHA reported that 363 people were dead, 18,200 people were injured, approximately 2.16 million people were evacuated to the shelters, and 618,089 houses were destroyed