The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has issued a warning that heavy rainfall leading to potential flooding is expected in 19 states and 56 communities across Nigeria this month.
Ibrahim Farinloye, NEMA’s Lagos territorial coordinator, conveyed this information in a statement released on Monday in Lagos.
Farinloye provided a list of the states and communities at risk.
Full list of concerned states is as follows:
Delta State: Aboh
Ekiti State: Ado-Ekiti
Ondo State: Akure, Idanre, Ifon, Iju Ita-Ogbolu, Ogbese, Owo, Owena, Ondo
Lagos State: Apapa, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ikeja, Ikorodu, Ikoyi, Lagos Island, Ojo, Lagos, Surulere
Anambra State: Atani
Ogun State: Ifo, Ota, Sagamu
Nasarawa State: Lafia, Wamba
Cross River State: Ikom, Ogoja
Bauchi State: Jamaare, Misau, Azare, Itas, Kafin Madaki, Kari, Kirfi, Tafawa Balewa, Katagum
Jigawa State: Hadejia, Miga
Osun State: Ilesa, Oshogbo
Kwara State: Kosubosu
Zamfara State: Anka, Bungudu, Gusau
Sokoto State: Goronyo
Adamawa State: Numan, Shelleng
Taraba State: Serti
Benue State: Ito Katsina-Alan, Vande-Ikya
Imo State: Oguta, Orlu
Abia State: Ugba.
