NEMA issues flood warning for 148 communities in Jigawa State

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has identified 148 communities successful 17 section authorities areas of Jigawa State arsenic highly susceptible to flooding during the 2026 rainy season.

The informing was issued during a stakeholders’ engagement connected catastrophe preparedness held successful Dutse arsenic portion of NEMA’s nationwide run to fortify resilience against earthy disasters.

Representing the Director-General of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, the North-West Zonal Director, Aliyu Shehu, said communities situated on riverbanks and waterways look a heightened hazard of flooding and should instrumentality precautionary measures up of highest rainfall periods.

The engagement, themed “Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance for a Resilient Nigeria”, brought unneurotic exigency absorption agencies, accepted rulers, assemblage leaders and different stakeholders to sermon strategies for mini...