NOA launches flood preparedness campaign in Jigawa

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) successful Jigawa State has launched a sensitisation run connected flood mitigation and exigency preparedness up of the 2026 rainy season.

The authorities manager of the agency, Ahmad Tijjani Ibrahim, disclosed this during a property league held astatine the NOA Conference Hall connected Monday successful Dutse, the authorities capital.

He said the run became indispensable pursuing predictions by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) that flooding whitethorn impact respective states and thousands of communities crossed the country, including Jigawa State.

He attributed recurring floods to some clime alteration and quality activities specified arsenic indiscriminate dumping of garbage successful drainages, mediocre drainage systems, operation connected waterways, and deforestation.

According to him, the bureau volition deploy Community Orientation and Mobilisation Officers crossed the 27 section authorities areas of the authorities to amended residents, particularly those successful flood-prone communities, connected preventive measures and exigency preparedness.

He urged residents to wage attraction to upwind advisories issued by NiMet and guarantee due biology sanitation by clearing blocked drainages and planting trees to trim flooding risks.

The NOA manager besides appealed to the media to enactment the run done sustained nationalist enlightenment.

He, how...