Jigawa approves N353m for flood preparedness ahead of 2026 rainy season

The Jigawa State Government says it has begun aboriginal preparations for the 2026 rainy play by approving N353 cardinal for exigency effect equipment.

The Executive Secretary of the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Hannafi Yakubu, made this known portion briefing journalists connected the state’s preparations up of the rainy season.

Equipment approved includes 20 motorised boats, alleviation materials and life-saving instrumentality aimed astatine reducing the interaction of expected flooding successful susceptible communities.

Yakubu said the determination followed aboriginal warnings from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, which forecast terrible flooding successful 11 section authorities areas of the state, portion immoderate different areas whitethorn besides acquisition adust spells.

According to him, the authorities authorities has approved the merchandise of much than N353 cardinal for the acquisition of indispensable exigency effect tools to boost preparedness and guarantee swift enactment during disasters.

He added that support had besides been granted for the renovation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps truthful they tin decently accommodate residents who whitethorn beryllium displaced by flooding.

Yakubu explained that the 11 high-risk section authorities areas are nether adjacent surveillance, portion applicable agencies person already begun preventive measures to trim imaginable nonaccomplishment of beingness and property.

He further disclosed that 11 trucks loaded with nutrient a...