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Tinubu directs immediate action to tackle impending flood in Nigeria

Tinubu directs immediate action to tackle impending flood in Nigeria
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has issued an urgent directive to implement an action plan to prevent an imminent flood crisis across Nigeria.

The directive was conveyed by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, in a statement.

Vice President Kashim Shettima represented President Tinubu during an emergency meeting held at Aso Villa in Abuja.

The President established a committee chaired by Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, with a seven-day timeframe to produce a comprehensive report addressing the situation.

“Based on the submissions by the DG of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, the situation is not that terrible, but to be forewarned is to be forearmed.

The submissions by the other relevant stakeholders are equally poignant, and we can’t afford to take chances.

Though the situation is not as bad as we might think, we need to set up a committee so that the report of the Presidential Committee and the 2022 Federal Executive Council-approved broad preparedness plan should be harmonised and implemented immediately,” the Vice President stated.

Shettima noted that a feasible roadmap would address the flood crisis in Nigeria, adding that responsibilities would be shouldered by the North East Development Commission (NEDC), the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), and the Federal Government.

He stated, “I deliberately invited the NEDC and NDDC so that whatever resources NEMA has, they have to be released to the states so that they can start making preparations for any eventuality.

“Based on the presidential directive, I will meet with the NEDC and NDDC chief executives for states under their coverage. There should be interventions from them.

“For NEDC, they can take care of Taraba, Bauchi, and Adamawa. For NDDC, they can take care of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, and Cross River.

For states like Ebonyi, Kogi, and Benue, we will mobilise from our savings and deploy the same to assist them.

We have to share responsibilities, hence the immediate need for implementing the roadmap.”

The development comes days after the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) issued a flood alert to Nigerians in nine states: Adamawa, Anambra, Bayelsa, Benue, Delta, Edo, Kogi, Nasarawa, and Taraba.



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