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Residents sacked from their houses at Abubakar
Kigo extention in Kaduna on Monday.
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The National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday warned of more severe flooding that can submerge
many communities in Nigeria in a few weeks. The Director General of the agency, Alhaji
Mohammed Sani Sidi, gave the warning while inspecting flooded areas in Kaduna
where over 30,000 people have been rendered homeless with hundreds of houses
submerged.
He
said Nigerians should expect more flood when Cameroon releases water from their
dams, adding that structures built along river banks must be vacated in order
to save lives.
Daily Trust report continues:
“We heard about the warning from Cameroon and alerted Nigerians but it seems people are not taking the advice seriously. What is happening in Kaduna should be expected in many parts of Nigeria. So, we are calling on Nigerians to be wary of flood-prone areas because the flood we are experiencing today has no sign of subsiding,” Sidi said.
“We heard about the warning from Cameroon and alerted Nigerians but it seems people are not taking the advice seriously. What is happening in Kaduna should be expected in many parts of Nigeria. So, we are calling on Nigerians to be wary of flood-prone areas because the flood we are experiencing today has no sign of subsiding,” Sidi said.
Meanwhile,
the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has advised those rendered
homeless to assemble at the Gymnasium of the Ahmadu Bello Stadium (ABS), Kaduna
which would serve as a temporary camp for displaced persons.
The Executive Secretary of
the agency, Ezekiel Baba-Karik, made the announcement after taking
Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Deputy Governor Bala Barnabas Bantex and some
members of the State Executive Council round the flooded areas.
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