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The National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) has disclosed that Nigeria suffered an economic loss estimated at N2.6 trillion to the flooding that ravaged 23 states of the federation in 2012.
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The NEMA coordinator for the South West, Mr Iyiola Akande, who disclosed at a workshop in Ibadan yesterday, said that a total of 363 deaths were recorded in the incident that displaced a total of 2.1 million people and submerged 5,970 houses in the 256 local government areas of the country.
Addressing stakeholders on how to ensure prevention of flooding using the predictions of NIMET at the South-West Zonal Awareness Flood Campaign Towards Early Warning and Early Action for MDAs and NGOs’ Level of Preparedness of States in the South West, he said that the workshop followed the public announcement of NIMET’s Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) early in the year.
While noting that the prediction painted a more serious picture of what the nation should expect this year when compared to the devastating effect of the 2012 floods that ravaged about 23 states of the federation, the NEMA chieftain enjoined everyone to take preventive measures to guard against being caught in the flood web.
He, however, commended the efforts of the various governments across the six states of the South West for the great work they were carrying out to combat flooding.
