Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has again called on the Federal government to expedite action on the dredging of the Rivers Niger and Benue to check the annual flooding and human losses along their banks and tributaries as well promote food security.
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Speaking during the visit, Ahmed commiserated with the government and people of Kwara State over the boat mishap
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lokoja.
Amah made the call in an interview with journalists on Sunday at Ogbaru in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra.
They made the call in an interview with a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.
Residents of some of the communities who spoke with News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja on Thursday said the communities had been experiencing massive flooding in the last five days.
Emeka Obinwa, the Executive Assistant to Governor Willie Obiano on SEMA (Media), said there was the urgent need for residents of the coastal communities in Anambra to relocate to holding centres established for victims of flood disasters.
Omiebi made the call during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Patani, Delta State.
The communities which are mostly on the bank of River Niger, had their crops, such as rice, were washed away by the flood.
Daniel Iworiso-Markson, Bayelsa Commissioner for Information, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Yenagoa.
This alert, it said, has become necessary in the light of recent warnings by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, which has the responsibility of monitoring the river flows in the country.
Bitrus Samuel, Head, NEMA Operations in Abuja and Kogi, who raised the alarm on Thursday in Lokoja, said that the flood might come anytime from now, urging those living on river banks to evacuate.
The agency gave the warning on Wednesday in Abuja in a statement signed by Clement Nze, the agency’s Director of Engineering Hydrology.
The Executive Secretary, Dr Abderahim Hamid, said this at the opening of the 36th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Niger Basin Authority in Abuja.
No fewer than 53 traders were feared dead in a boat accident on River Niger in Bagudo, Kebbi State. The…
The minister made the disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said this at a one-day National Conference on Fast-Tracking Port Reforms, with the theme: “Making Nigerian Seaports World Class.”
The boat was said to be conveying about 80 people when it split and the passengers in it were thrown into the river
I was taught that in 1796 Mungo Park discovered the Niger river.
A very important discovery to the Europeans.
A very important
discovery for the Europeans.
Naamu