The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has predicted that about nineteen states will likely experience flood in August 2023.
According to NEMA, about fiftysix communities in Delta, Ogun, and seventeen other states across the country may encounter flood due to heavy rainfall.
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Its Lagos territorial coordinator, Ibrahim Farinloye alerted in a statement released on Monday.
Farinloye disclosed the Ado-Ekiti, Akure, Idanre, Ifon, Iju Itaogbolu, Ogbese, Owo and Owena communities in Ondo State will be affected mostly.
The Territorial Coordinator mentioned that other communities to be affected were Apapa, Badagry, Eti Osa, Ikeja, Ikorodu, Ikoyi, Lagos Island, Ojo, Surulere, Atani in Anambra State, Ifo, Ota and Sagamu in Ogun State, Lafia and Wamba in Nasarawa State, Ikom and Ogoja in Cross River State.
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Furthermore, he listed the Jamaare, Misau, Azare, Itas, Kafin Madaki, Kari, Kirfi, Tafawa Balewa, Katagum in Bauchi State, Hadejia and Mige in Jigawa State, Ilesa and Osogbo in Osun State, Kosubosu in Kwara State.
In conclusion, he disclosed Anka, Bungudu, and Gusau in Zamfara State, Goronyo in Sokoto State, Numan and Shelleng in Adamawa State, Serti in Taraba state, Ito, Katsina-Ala, Vande-Ikya in Benue State, Oguta and Orlu in Imo State and Ugba community in Abia State.
The development came days after the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet predicted three days of cloudiness, rainfall, and thunderstorms across the country.
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