The Director General of NIHSA gave the warning on Wednesday at a media briefing in Abuja on the impending rain.
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They made this assertion in separate interviews with News Agency of Nigeria in a national survey on flooding and its effects on lives and property in the two geo-political zones.
The state government, which spoke through the Secretary to the State Government, Olubamiwo Adeosun, stated that every necessary step must be taken to avoid disaster.
The Director-General of the agency, Clement Onveasonze, made the disclosure on Monday at a three-day induction workshop for the newly recruited staff in Abuja.
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.
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency has warned the public to be on alert of possible flooding due to the high intensity of rainfall across the country.
The Director-General of NiMet, Prof. Sani Mashi, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria at the weekend in Abuja.
Olayinka Ogunwale, the Acting Director-General of NIHSA, said this on Monday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
This was announced on Thursday by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency
The Director General of NIHSA, Moses Beckley, made the disclosure at a one-day sensitisation workshop on the 2016 flood prediction/prevention and mitigation, organised by the Agency in Lokoja, Kogi State
He said: “At our monitoring station in Wuro-Boki, Adamawa State, the first monitoring station as River Benue enters Nigeria, the water level has risen to 5.36m as at August 8, 2016 (as against 4.88m recorded on August 8, 2012)