The National Emergency Management Agency said, on Tuesday, that 13 states have experienced flooding flooding the release of water from Lagdo Dam by the Cameroonian authorities.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that a representative of the agency, Mr Dapo Akingbade, stated this in Abuja at the monthly meeting of the Water Sanitation and Hygiene in the Emergency Working Group.
According to Akingbade, 45 persons have died, while 171,545 persons have been displaced, with farmlands and other property destroyed in the affected states.
Akingbade, while giving an update as of October 7, said the agency had commenced an assessment of the flood situation in Adamawa with the activation of the emergency operation centre for coordination of interventions.
The flooding in Adamawa has impacted a lot of people and communities. At the EOC meeting, we recommended that all states activate their flood response plans.
“Also, we are also awaiting a detailed needs assessment report from Adamawa so as to know the appropriate areas of APC response,” he said.
The NEMA official said there was a need for the WASH sector to be well-prepared, saying collective responsibility was needed to mitigate the impact of emergency situations in the country.