According to Sunday Jackson, executive secretary of the Abia State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), the state's floods are to blame for the deaths of 21 people.
Jackson made this comment on Friday in Umuahia while the National Emergency Management Agency was distributing supplies to flood victims (NEMA).
According to PRIME 9JA ONLINE, the terrible floods that wreaked havoc on the majority of Nigerian villages claimed the lives of over 600 people.
The flood, according to the federal administration, has damaged 154 locations and N80 billion in transportation infrastructure.
Speaking on Friday, Jackson noted that 16 out of the 17 LGAs in Abia State experienced floods, which also had an impact on farms and a means of subsistence.
“We believe that this assistance by the federal government will go a long way to cushion the effects of the disaster,” Jackson said.
NEMA's director-general, Mustapha Ahmed, expressed sympathy to the state and claimed that the federal government was unable to entirely make up for the victims' horrific experiences.
Ifeanyi Nnaji, chief of NEMA's operations office in Owerri, spoke on behalf of Ahmed, who said that the humanitarian supplies were intended to lessen the victims' suffering.
The head of NEMA also stated that 233 LGAs in 32 states and the federal capital territory were predicted to be within extremely probable flood risk regions in the "Annual Flood Outlook" for 2022.
Additionally, he stated that 212 LGAs in 35 states of the federation were at risk of flooding.
“Already, the agency is inundated with reports of flooding from 36 states and the FCT and still counting, causing loss of lives, livelihood, property and infrastructure,” Nnaji said.
Okey Ihedioha, the state's permanent secretary for the bureau of special services, praised the federal government for its involvement after receiving the supplies.
He promised that the victims would receive the goods fairly.
Rice, beans, maize, iodized salt, kegs of 20-litre vegetable oil, cartons of seasoning cubes, and tin tomatoes were among the relief supplies.
There were also a thousand nylon mats, five yards of Guinea brocade, mosquito nets, children's clothing, as well as clothing for adults and women.
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