NEMA Warns Of Flooding In Delta, Lagos, Anambra, Bauchi, 15 Others

The National Emergency Man­agement Agency (NEMA) has said that 19 states and 56 com­munities across the country are likely to witness heavy rainfall that can lead to flooding within the month.

Ibrahim Farinloye, Lagos Ter­ritorial Coordinator, NEMA, said this in a statement on Monday in Lagos.

Farinloye listed the states and communities as: Delta: Aboh; Ek­iti State, Ado Ekiti; Ondo State, Akure, Idanre, Ifon, Iju Itaogbolu, Ogbese, Owo, Owena, and Ondo.

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Others, he said, included: La­gos State: Apapa, Badagry, Eti Osa, Ikeja, Ikorodu, Ikoyi, La­gos Island, Ojo Lagos, Surulere; Anambra: Atani; Ogun: Ifo, Ota, Sagamu; Nasarawa State: Lafia, Wamba, and Cross River: Ikom, and Ogoja.

Farinloye also listed Bauchi State: Jamaare, Misau, Azare, Itas, Kafin, Madaki, Kari, Kirfi, Tafawa Balewa, Katagum; Jiga­wa: Hadejia, Miga; Osun State: Ilesa, Oshogbo, and Kwara: Ko­subosu.

The rest, he said, are Zam­fara: Anka, Bungudu, Gusau; Sokoto State: Goronyo; Adama­wa: Numan, Shelleng; Taraba: Serti; Benue: Ito, Katsina-Alan, Vande-Ikya; Imo State: Oguta, Orlu, and Abia State, Ugba.

Source: independent.ng