Flooding Kills 300, Displaces100,000 In 2022- NEMA

Over 300 persons have been killed and 500 injured just as about 100,000 have been displaced in 2022 due to flooding in various parts of the country.

This was disclosed by Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Mustapha Ahmed, at an emergency technical meeting on the flood situation in the country on Monday, in Abuja.

He said that the meeting was convened to urgently review emergency situations and plan for further action by all emergency responders.

Mr Ahmed said the flood disaster affects 29 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

He said, “Our record indicates that more than 300 lives have been lost, 500 persons are seriously injured with more than 100,000 others displaced and living either in temporary shelters including schools, other public buildings among benevolent host families,” he said.

The DG said the agency would continue to work with the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) to downscale impact-based weather forecasts to the public.

He said all NEMA zonal, territorial and operation offices had been activated to coordinate resources in their areas of responsibilities to respond to any flood situation.

While calling for the support of state governments, Ahmed said that NEMA had prepositioned food and non-food relief items and started deploying them to affected states.