NEMA warns of severe flooding in 12 Kebbi LGAs

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has warned that 12 section authorities areas successful Kebbi State are astatine hazard of terrible flooding during arsenic the 2026 rainy play intensifies.

The informing was issued during a stakeholders’ engagement connected the National Disaster Preparedness and Response Campaign 2026 held successful Birnin Kebbi.

NEMA said September is expected to people the highest of the flood play successful the state, with projections indicating imaginable overflow of the River Niger.

The Director-General of NEMA, Zubaida Umar, represented by the Director of the North-West Zonal Directorate, Aliyu Shehu Kafindongi, said the flooding could impact farmlands, riverside communities and captious infrastructure.

According to the agency, elevated h2o levels whitethorn persist into October and November, prolonging the interaction connected affected communities.

The section authorities areas identified arsenic high-risk see Argungu, Augie, Bagudo, Birnin Kebbi, Dandi, Fakai, Koko/Besse, Maiyama, Ngaski, Shanga, Zuru and Yauri.

NEMA called connected accepted institutions, spiritual groups, women and...