The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency,NESREA will begin an awareness drive to mitigate the effect of flooding in Gombe ahead of the raining season.
The Coordinator of NESREA in Gombe Daniel Wuave, who disclosed this on Monday, said this would address the unpredictable changes in the climate.
He said that people needed to change their negative attitude towards the environment, because “it could have severe devastating effect on our environment.
He decried the attitude of Nigerians of dumping wastes in drainages and building houses on water channels, which leads to flooding across the country.
According to him, these acts against the environment have necessitated the awareness drive by NESREA to ensure that the human cause of flooding is addressed to reduce the effects in 2019.
Wuave appealed to developers to always incorporate flood mitigation into plans, adding that flood would be reduced when sewage systems were not blocked.
