The House of Representatives summoned the Director-General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Ahmed over 2023 flood predictions in the country.
This followed a motion moved by Femi Gbajabiamila, during plenary where he insisted that there was a need for NEMA to brief the House on measures taken to prevent flood disasters and manage the socio-economic impact on the people in flood-prone areas.
He said that the prediction of an early rainy fall had a come to pass, adding that there was every reason to expect the forecast of a heavy rainy season.
He said that Nigeria had yet to recover from the 2022 flood which affected more than four million people, displaced over two million and caused the death of 665.
The House urged the Federal Government to liaise with the relevant agencies to ensure the relocation of Nigerians from the flood-prone areas.
The House also said the federal government should ensure stockpile of sufficient temporary shelter materials, food and nutrition items as well as medicine to support people in flood-prone areas.
