Dr. Iziaq Salako, the State Minister of the Environment, revealed this on Tuesday.
According to Salako, there will probably be a lot of rain in the designated areas and the surrounding areas throughout the forecast period, which could result in flooding.
Adamawa State (Gbajili, Ganye); Abia State (Eziama, Arochukwu); Anambra State (Onitsha); Akwa Ibom (Uyo, Upenekang, Oron, Edor, Eket, Obianga, Etinan); Bauchi State (Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi); Borno State (Maiduguri); Calabar, Itigidi, Akpap); Nasarawa State (Udeni, Tunga); and the Federal Capital Territory (Abaji, Bwari) are the states he listed as being affected.
Other are Jigawa State (Miga, Ringim, Dutse, Hadejia); Kano State (Gezawa, Gwarzo, Kano, Karaye, Wudil, Sumaila); Kebbi State (Gwandu, Jega, Kangiwa, Gauri-Banza, Ribah, Sakaba, Saminaka, Kamba, Birnin Kebbi, Bunza, Argungu, Bagudo); Katsina State (Bindawa, Jibia, Kaita, Katsina, Daura, Funtua); Kwara State (Kosubosu); Niger State (Ibi, Bida, Kontagora, Mashegu, Minna, New Bussa, Katcha, Rijau, Wushishi); Plateau State (Jos, Mangu); Rivers State (Port-Harcourt, Onne, Okrika, Bori); Sokoto State (Makira, Goronyo, Isa, Silame, Sokoto, Wamako); Taraba State (Gembu, Beli, Garkowa, Gasol, Serti, Donga, Duchi, Gwarzo, Gun gun Bodel); Yobe State (Gashua, Gasma, Damaturu, Geidam, Kanama); and Zamfara State (Kaura Namoda, Maradun, Shinkafi, Bukkuyum, Majara, Gummi).
Salako, however, pleaded with the nation’s stakeholders to lessen the floods.
The minister clarified that the Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation is in charge of managing dams when asked if the Cameroonian government had informed it when the Lagdo Dam would open its floodgates.
He said, “They will notify the Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation if there’s going to be any issues around the Lagdo Dam, but I’m not sure they have had any information because if they have any information, they usually also transmit such information to us at the federal level.
In the meantime, the state government of Sokoto has declared that it is prepared to prevent any potential floods that may occur in the state this year.
Speaking with one of our correspondents, Information Commissioner Sambo Danchadi stated that the state government was putting out constant effort to keep a safe environment through one of the Sokoto Emergency Management Agency.
Mustapha Umar, the director of relief and rehabilitation for the Sokoto Emergency Management Agency, also spoke, stating that the organization has implemented awareness and sensitization campaigns in regions vulnerable to flooding.
“We even had an evacuation plan,” he stated. “We have already compiled and submitted our plan and designated areas in case of flood to the National Emergency Management Agency.”
Also we have made significant efforts to disseminate information to the public and raise their awareness of the risks associated with flooding,” he continued.
In order to lessen the effects of this year’s flood, the Bayelsa State Directorate of Flood and Erosion Control also said that it will keep up the work of clearing natural drains in Yenagoa and the surrounding areas.
The directorate’s chairman, Walson Omuso, observed that the heads of the Rural Development Authorities were choosing higher terrain on which to construct temporary relief camps.
Omuso, however, stated that the organization was not taking any new action in response to the Federal Ministry of Environment’s flood warning, which listed Bayelsa as one of the states that might experience floods between now and July 20.
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