The Niger State Government has called on riverine communities in flood-prone areas of the State to pay attention to the rising water levels and relocate to a safer place.
The State government urged the communities to heed to the warnings by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Nigeria Hydrological Service Agency (HISA), and the Nigeria Metrological Agency (NiMET), which predicted that many local government areas in the State along with others that fall within the highly probable flood risk areas for 2020.
The State Government advised that since the rising tide of the rivers could be uncontrollable and dangerous, the riverine communities should immediately relocate to higher plains in order to avoid a repeat of the catastrophic floods of last year.
"We are particularly worried about the perennial flooding and the fatality that comes with it. the State Government is doing everything possible to mitigate the hardship suffered by our people as a result of the annual natural disaster."
The State Government advised people in the urban areas against building on flood plains and indiscriminate dumping of refuse in drainages, culverts
NEMA had warned of impending flooding from the rising tide of the rivers which could be uncontrollable and dangerous. it advised riverine communities to immediately relocate to higher plains in order to avoid a repeat of the catastrophic floods of last year.
