FG Urges 28 States To Brace Up For Heavy Downpour

Asks states to implement measures that will ameliorate impact of heavy downpour

The federal government on Sunday issued a redflag warning to 28 states that will experience heavy rainfall before the year ends.

Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Sadiya Umar issued the warning in a statement.

She tasked the state governments to put in place measures that will cushion the impact of the heavy rainfall and flooding.

She said the 2020 Annual Flood Outlook forecasts that 102 local government areas (LGAs) in 28 states will have heavy rainfall, while 275 local government areas (LGAs) in the 36 states of the federation and Abuja will experience moderate flooding.

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The minister called on state emergency management agencies, frontline local government authorities and other response agencies to adopt precautionary actions by carrying out public enlightenment and ensuring the dredging of river channels and canals.

She identified the following as states that will experience heavy rainfall and possible flooding

Borno
Yobe
Gombe
Adamawa
Taraba
Bauchi
Plateau
Nasarawa
Benue
Niger
Kogi
Enugu
Anambra
Imo
Abia
Rivers
Akwa Ibom
Delta
Edo
Ekiti
Osun
Kwara
Zamfara
Sokoto
Lagos
Ondo
Bayelsa
Kaduna

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