FG approves emergency plan to alleviate flood disaster

The federal government has approved the national emergency flood preparedness and response plans to mitigate and reduce the impact of floods across Nigeria.

Sani-Gwarzo said experts responsible for controlling flood disasters have informed the committee that the scale of the 2022 flooding was similar to that of 2012.“It is on record that over 1.4 million persons were displaced, with about 500 persons being reported dead, 790,254 persons moved out of their locations, while 1,546 persons were injured,” he said.

“The national emergency flood preparedness and response plans for Nigeria have just been approved by the federal executive council and it contains all the details of the roadmap that needs to be done.“It includes the immediate, short term and long-term plans and therefore, we have a clear view of what to do and how to go about it, mitigate and reduce the impact of flood in the country.

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