The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), says about 21 Local Government Areas will be affected by flood in the North West zone. The North-West Zonal Coordinator, Musa Ilallah, made this known while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Tuesday.
He mentioned the Local Govenments to be affected in Kaduna as Kaduna North and South, Igabi, kubau, Soba Kajuru and Kachia While in Kano, Wudil, Warawa, Tudun Wada, Bebeji, Gwarzo, Dawakin Tofa, Kiru and Bagwai.
Others are Katsina; Malumfashi, Funtua, Daura and Baure also Jigawa; Hadejia, Auyo,Kafin Hausa, Ringim, Taura and Jahun.
He urged the State governments to urgently embark on a massive sensitisation programme on the affected Communities to see the need of moving away from the prone areas.
On our part, NEMA and Executive Secretary of Hydrological Services Agency already carried out a Hausa programmes on radio in cognizance of targeting this communities that are likely to be affected. The alert shows that if the rain continues as experienced in the last one week for the next four days, it is a signal that part of river Niger will be flooded. And by implication a number of places will be affected with flood and going by the warning the experience of flood in 2012 will be a Child’s play this year while several states will be affected. My concern is the north west, particularly Kaduna, Jigawa , Kano and Katsina states following the warnings by the Director General of the agency. Though we are able to reach out to States Emergency Management Agencies to enable them alert the communities living along the river banks linked with river Niger. It was just two days ago Nigerian government received an alert from the Niger issuing a warning that all people living along the river banks should be evacuated.” he said.
Illalah warned residents against indiscriminate dumping of refuse and building along water ways.
He enjoined relevant authorities in the states to be up and doing to check flooding.
