The floods have also injured 1,546 people and completely destroyed 70,566 hectares of farmland and 45,249 homes, according to officials.
“It’s saddening. All of a sudden, people are left with no homes and turned to beggars in weeks. No matter how rich they were, the displacement has reduced them so much,” Chiamaka Ibeanu, a registered nurse who lives in Onitsha in Anambra state,Ibeanu’s immediate family lives in Ossomari and Atani, nearby areas of Anambra close to the Niger River. She received word that her aunt and uncle had been displaced when their home was submerged.
Since the beginning of Nigeria’s rainy season, which lasts from April to October, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency and the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency , said that flooding was imminent and that parts of the country would experience heavier rainfall compounded by water flowing from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon. The agencies predicted that the volume of water across Nigeria would increase.
Sani-Gwarzo, the government permanent secretary, said the scale of this year’s flooding is similar to the last major flooding Nigeria experienced, in 2012, which displaced 1.3 million people and claimed the lives of 431. In 2012,“The scale of devastation can only be compared to the 2012 floods,” said Sadiya Umar, the minister of humanitarian affairs, in aThe submergence of farmlands has sparked fears of increased food insecurity and higher prices.
The humanitarian affairs ministry said the federal government has committed to providing relief to all communities.
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