By Oladele Oladimeji
Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has confirmed the distribution of relief items to 21 states affected by the ravaging flood.
“A total of 21 states have received relief materials so far. These States are Abia, Adamawa, Anambra, Bayelsa, Ekiti, Enugu, FCT, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Sokoto, Taraba and Yobe,” Farouq said.
The minister made this known at a briefing to keep the public abreast of the response and interventions made so far by the ministry and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on the flood situation across the country.
According to her, as of October 24, 2022, a total of 3,219,780 persons were reportedly affected by flood in 2022, out of which 1,427,370 persons have been internally displaced, approximately 2,776 persons were injured, 612 people lost their lives, 181,600 houses were partially damaged and another 123,807 houses damaged, 52 hectares of farmlands were partially damaged while 392,399 hectares of farmlands have been totally damaged.
Farouq stated that the distribution of food and non-food items to other states were already ongoing.
