Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) says 27 states in Nigeria and 121 Local Government Areas will experience high risk flooding during this year’s raining season.
Director General of NIHSA, Engr. Clement Nze, who disclosed this at the public presentation of the 2021 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO),said that some states would experience highly probable flooding.
The states include Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Cross Rivers, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara and Lagos.Others are Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba and Zamfara.
Some states, according to NIHSA, are classified as moderately flooding areas, including 302 LGAs and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
River flooding are expected in Anambra, Benue, Adamawa, Nasarawa, Niger and Taraba States, according to Nze,while coastal flooding is likely going to occur in Bayelsa, Cross River, and Delta.
He, said the following states would witness flooding as a result of poor drainage facilities, they include Kaduna and Rivers.
In his presentation, Nze explained that the annual publication of AFO started in 2013, adding that Nigeria was badly hit by devastating flood in 2012 which resulted in the loss of lives and property across the country.
He emphasized the need for the country to put in place mitigation measures and early warning signals to reduce the impact of flooding in the country.
