Some residents living in flood-prone areas of Kaduna State say they will not relocate as they had nowhere to go in spite of predicted increase in flooding.
One, Anna Okolie told reporters that her family members decided to stay because they had invested a lot in building their house. She however, called on government to find a permanent solution to the persistent flooding problem, instead of asking people to relocate every rainy season. However, Okolie commended the Kaduna State Government for constructing a bridge that had helped in dredging the river.
Another resident, Danladi Ahmed, said with the newly constructed bridge he would take chances to find out if the flood will affect him this year.
However, some states in the North-West zone have commenced stockpiling of relief materials and establishing of Internally Displaced People, IDP camps in anticipation of flooding as predicted by the Nigeria Meteorological Services Agency.
