The council directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to immediately provide intervention to the affected states.
The Nigerian government has categorised states into three based on the extent of flooding in the states this year.
Mr Wike said a special committee set up by NEC did the grouping after it went round the country to assess the impact of floods. "Those in group 'B', those with 10-15 points, are Cross River, Delta, Jigawa, Kwara, and Ondo while those in category 'C' with less than 10 points are Katsina, Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Gombe, Imo, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, FCT."
PREMIUM TIMES has reported floods in many states leading to some deaths and loss of properties. On Thursday, the meteorological agency, NiMet,While more floods are still expected this year, the situation has been relatively better than last year when over 600 people died and over 1.4 million were displaced due to floods.
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