The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said the flood has so far killed 179 persons in 15 states and displaced 208,655 others in 22 states in 2024 alone.
The 2024 Flood Updates released by the agency; also said 107,652 hectares of farmland and 80,049 houses were destroyed, attributing the cause to unprecedented rainfall and the rising of Rivers Niger and Benue are mostly in the northern part of Nigeria.
According to the agency, all the incidents happened in 137 local government areas in 28 states.
The figures, NEMA said are: 86,000 persons were affected in Bauchi, Zamfara (75,000), Sokoto (74,000), Jigawa (57,000), Niger (30,000), Kano (19,000), Imo (18,000), Adamawa (18,000), Ondo (17,000), Borno (17,000), Taraba (16,000), Kwara (12,000), Katsina (11,000), Yobe (11,000), Gombe (10,000), Benue (10,000), Lagos (9,000), Enugu (8,000), Kaduna (7,000), Nasarawa (6,000), Bayelsa (5,000), Ekiti (4,000), Kebbi (4,000), Oyo (2,000), Kogi (2,000), Ebonyi (2,000), Akwa Ibom (2,000) and Federal Capital Territory (1,000).
It said Jigawa State recorded 34 deaths, Bayelsa (25), Kano (25), Bauchi (23), Taraba (15), Zamfara (13), Sokoto (10), Yobe (10), Adamawa (7), Katsina (5), Niger (5), Borno (2), Ebonyi (2), Kaduna (2) and Nasarawa (1).
The agency added that Sokoto recorded 41,000 displaced persons, Bauchi (35,000), Zamfara (32,000), Niger (28,000), Jigawa (16,000), Imo (12,000), Taraba (8,000), Borno (7,000), Bayelsa (5,000), Enugu (4,000), Adamawa (3,000), Yobe (3,000), Nasarawa (3,000), Benue (2,000), Ondo (2,000), Katsina (2,000), Ebonyi (2,000), Gombe (1,000), Kebbi (1,000), Kano (1,000), FCT (1,000), Kogi (1,000).
The agency said 50,000 hectares of farmlands were affected in Bauchi State, Taraba (21,000), Jigawa (10,000), Sokoto (9,000), Niger (9,000), Kano (3,000), Zamfara (2,000), Gombe (1,000), Adamawa (1,000), Enugu (1,000) and Kebbi (1,000).
The houses destroyed were 18,000 in Bauchi, Sokoto (10,000), Jigawa (8,000), Niger (7,000), Enugu (6,000), Borno (4,000), Zamfara (4,000), Kwara (3,000), Kano (3,000), Yobe (3,000), Katsina (2,000), Ondo (2,000), Kogi (2,000), Kaduna (2,000), Oyo (1,000), Imo (1,000), Gombe (1,000), Kebbi (1,000) and FCT (1,000).
Meanwhile, the Director-General of the NEMA, Zubaida Umar, while hosting the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the agency, said the NEMA had carried out disaster assessment for several incidents in almost all states in the country.
The NEMA Boss explained that funding was a major challenge that has been affecting the operations of the agency.
Responding, Gbajabiamila advocated for a law that would make states remit counterpart funds for NEMA, noting that the nation’s funds were scarce, hence the need to think outside the box and get alternative means to fund the agency.
Gbajabiamila urged the agency to focus on flood and disaster prevention as much as it focuses on mitigation.
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