Flood: Over 1,250 communities in 30 states, FCT at risk — FG
*Says no water was released from Kainji, Jebba dams *Notes flood caused by heavy rainfall, heightened by global warming *As states take up FG’s challenge THE Federal Government of Nigeria has raised alarm that 30 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, are currently at risk of flooding, reminiscent of last Thursday’s flood in which over 200 persons lost their lives in Mokwa, Niger State. Several houses were also washed away, rendering thousands homeless, even as over 500 persons have been declared missing. The high flood risk states include Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, and Edo. Others are Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara and Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engr. Joseph Utsev, who raised the alarm at a briefing in Abuja, also said the flood in Mokwa was ...