The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says that 14 states and 31 communities may witness heavy rainfall leading to flooding from July 4 8 across the country.
This is in a statement signed by the NEMA Territorial Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, Ibrahim Farinloye.
Farinloye urged relevant stakeholders within the states concerned to take precautionary measures to forestall loss of lives and property.
He listed the States and communities as Plateau: Langtang and Shendam; Kano State: Sumaila, Tudun Wada; Sokoto State: Shagari, Goronyo and Silame; Delta: Okwe. Others include Kaduna State: Kachia; Akwa Ibom: Upenekang; Adamawa: Mubi, Demsa, Song, Mayo-Belwa, Jimeta, and Yola; Katsina State: Katsina, Jibia, Kaita and Bindawa.
He also added Kebbi State: Wara, Yelwa and Gwandu; Zamfara: Shinkafi and Gummi and Borno: Briyel; Jigawa: Gwaram; Kwara: Jebba; Niger: Mashegu and Kontagora are also included.
Farinloye thanked the Flood Early Warning System (FEWS) Central Hub of the Federal Ministry of Environment Abuja for sharing the information.
