Following the release of water from Cameroon’s Lagdo Dam into the Rivers Niger and Benue, the Delta State Government on Wednesday issued a fresh warning to people in low-lying and flood-prone communities to migrate to higher planes in anticipation of the impending flood.
This information was provided to journalists in Warri in a statement that was signed by Festus Ahon, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s chief press secretary.
The statement claims that despite earlier warnings from the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency, the state government was worried about the lives and property of residents living in flood-prone areas.
“The Delta State Government has been informed that the authorities of Lagdo Dam in Cameroon will be releasing modulated amounts of water into the River Benue and River Niger due to flooding caused by torrential rainfall.
“The Delta State Government will provide support to those displaced from their homes by the rising water level occasioned by the overflow of the River Benue and River Niger.
“Already His Excellency, Sheriff Oborevwori, has approved the setting up of Flood Disaster Management Committee to ensure that persons displaced from their homes as a result of the impending flood are adequately catered for at various Internally Displaced Persons camps nearest to them.”
“We are therefore calling on affected citizens to call the following numbers- 08064137841 and 08037200696 -for government intervention in the case of flooding”, the statement added.
