JULY 18, 2014
The Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency has alerted residents of impending floods envisaged to affect some parts of the state.
The Executive Secretary of the agency, Mr Ishaku Makama, made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria.
The statement said the Nigeria Metreological Sevices Agency had predicted serious flooding in some local government areas of the state.
It listed the local governments to be affected to include Chikun, Birnin Gwari, Igabi, Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Sabon Gari, Soba and Zaria.
It urged disaster risk managers, policy makers and other stakeholders to take precautionary measures to prevent the flooding, stressing the importance to plan proper responses so as to mitigate the effect of the flood.
The statement particularly advised councils emergency management committees, communities and individuals to embark on measures to manage the flood.
It advised stakeholders to continue sensitising the public to clear drains, to prevent possible loss of lives and property.
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