No fewer than 271 houses and 171 hectares of land have got destroyed by flooding in Mokwa and Rijau LGAs of Niger State, the State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), has disclosed.
Ibrahim Hussaini, NSEMA spokesperson, said torrential rainfall on Saturday caused the flooding that affected the Kpashafu community in Mokwa LGA, adding that flooding also affected the Dukku community in Rijau LGA after excessive rainfall last Friday.
Meanwhile, Abiodun Essien, senior special assistant to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on community engagement (north central), on Monday, called for urgent intervention for the victims of the disaster.
Essien, in an X post, urged the Nigerian Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other relevant agencies to rise to the situation.
Wrote she: “Urgent attention of @nemanigeria and other relevant government agencies. Muregi community, Mokwa Local Government Niger State, is flooded”.
The Federal Government, on April 17, warned that 148 LGAs in 31 States, including Niger, were at risk of severe flooding from April to November.
Flood, on August 31, reportedly destroyed a bridge connecting communities in nine LGAs to Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.
On September 10 also, many residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, fled their homes following a devastating flood incident caused by the collapse of the Alau Dam.
The flood in Maiduguri caused the deaths of more than 30 people and displaced over 400,000 residents.
