Kaduna State Commissioner for Environment, Ibrahim Husseini has issued a flood alert to residents who live in danger zones to quickly relocate to safer areas temporarily before it is too late.
The commissioner, today, August 3, said that such danger zones, include river Kaduna and other flood-prone areas, saying that Nigerian Meteorological Agency and National Emergency Management Agency had predicted that Kaduna and other states of the federation might experience flooding as water levels in River Niger and Benue continued to rise since July.
“Flood gauges have been installed in Unguwar Rimi, Bashama Road in Tudun Wada and Ungwar Rimi to aid local knowledge, monitoring/forecasting dissemination of information and immediate action in respective communities.,” he said.
He advised residents to desist from dumping refuse and waste in waterways and drainages to avert flooding, even as he also called on residents to imbibe the habit of clearing gutters and drainages in their communities to guard against floods.
He advised communities to cooperate with all relevant government agencies in case of any flooding incident.
Source: NAN.
