Nigeria Institute of Water Engineers, NIWE has called on the three tiers of government and citizens to adopt pragmatic ways and roles in the prevention of flooding in the country.
The Chairman of NIWE, FCT Chapter, Douglas Oloton, made the appeal in his address of welcome at the Annual General Meeting, Engineering Conference and Inauguration of 2022 to 2023 Exco in Abuja.
The conference themed: “Incessant Flood and Control Strategies in the FCT”, was organised by the Abuja chapter of the institute.
According to Oloton, the issue of flood/flooding has become a global phenomenon that affects all citizens, towns, villages and communities.
He added that it would take proactive involvement of water engineers through continuous engagement of the government and others to curb the hardship and losses. He said to prevent flooding, there was need to establish an evacuation route and teach people, especially children, on how to respond to an emergency
