The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA has warned that 102 local governments across the country as well as 28 states might experience flooding due to impending heavy rainfall.
The alert came following the warnings from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency on the weather forecast.
The Agency’s Director of Operations in charge of Ekiti, Ondo and Osun States, Mr. Olusegun Afolayan gave the alert in Akure, the Ondo State capital, stating that the move was part of the agency’s pro-activeness to responding to warning alerts by different agencies dealing with weather.
According to him, the states under his jurisdiction were also part of the 28 states and the 102 local governments that were risk prone to flooding.
“About 28 states and 102 local governments have been earmarked for the possible flooding.
“Flooding is not always caused by heavy downpour alone, but when dams were opened too, it always leads to flooding.
“There is a prediction from NIMET in February, and Nigeria Hydrological Service Agency, in May, informing us of impending heavy rainfall due to climate change and the ozone layer that will lead to flooding,” he said.