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August 8, 2019
The NigeriaHydrological Services Agency has said that several states of Nigeria will behit by floods from eight nations.
The agency said thatmore states across the country would be affected next month by both river andurban flooding as floods from the upper reaches of the Niger-Basin.
The basin compriseseight African countries – Guinea, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire,Benin, Chad and Cameroon.
The Agency is theFederal Government’s agency that has the mandate of monitoring all the majorrivers in Nigeria including the trans-boundary Rivers Niger and Benue, amongother functions.
Providing an update onthe 2019 Annual Flood Outlook prediction during a press conference in Abuja,the Agency’s Director-General, Clement Nze said findings by the organisationalso showed that there had been steady rise in water levels across the country.Meanwhile, the National Emergency ManagementAgency, NEMA state emergency management agencies, as well as other stakeholdersin the sector is scheduled to meet in Abuja today following the recentdevastation caused by floods in various locations across the country