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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned that 178 communities crossed 28 section authorities areas of Kano State could acquisition mean flooding during the 2026 rainy season.
The bureau made the announcement on Tuesday at a stakeholders’ gathering and the motorboat of the 2026 National Preparedness and Response Campaign successful Kano.
The run is themed, “Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance for a Resilient Nigeria.”
Speaking connected behalf of NEMA Director-General Zubaida Umar, the agency’s North-West Zonal Director, Aliyu Shehu-Kafindangi, said the informing is based connected forecasts and assessments by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA).
He said the identified communities necessitate urgent exigency preparedness measures to trim the interaction of imaginable flooding.
The affected section authorities areas see Ajingi, Bagwai, Bebeji, Bichi, Bunkure, Dala, Dawakin Kudu, Dawakin Tofa, Fagge, Gabasawa, Garun Malam, Gaya, Gwale, Kabo, Karaye, Kiru, Kunchi, Ghari, Kura, Madobi, Rano, Rimin Gado, Sumaila, Takai, Tofa, Tudun Wada, Ungogo and Warawa.
Shehu-Kafindangi besides announced that “NEMA has introduced the 2026 Climate-Related Risk Management, Preparedness and Mitigati...
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