Tosin Oyediran The National Emergency Management Agency has urged communities at risk of flooding, especially those residing along waterways, to relocate to safer, higher ground in anticipation of the peak of the rainy season. This is as the agency released alarming data from its Emergency Operations Centre, revealing that severe flooding has affected 27 states. NEMA Director General, Zubaida Umar, re-affirmed the commitment of the agency to coordinate and provide necessary support towards efficient disaster management in the country.
A Thursday press release on NEMA’s X account said that NEMA has rapidly mobilised efforts to assess the damage. It was titled, “Update on Flood Across the Country.” The agency is also coordinating relief operations with State Emergency Management Agencies.
This highlights NEMA’s proactive stance and readiness to address the nationwide crisis. It read, “The National Emergency Management Agency has responded to the recent flood incidents that devastated some communities across the country and commenced the assessment of the impacts with the various States Emergency Management Agencies to provide timely and appropriate support to the affected persons. “The timely response by NEMA to the flood incidents is in furtherance of the early preparations made by the agency in the deployment of search and rescue teams and the placement of all NEMA zonal and operation offices on alert.
“The agency has also commenced the deployment of relief item.