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By Madu Obi
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has flagged off an emergency campaign to curb flood menace in the state.
The exercise is tagged, Early Warning Strategies to the Grassroots level for Effective and Efficient Reaction to Flood Incidents in Anambra state.
The Director General of NEMA, Dr. Zubaida Umar, while performing the flag off in Awka, said the federal government was committed to ensuring that the impact of the predicted flood incident for 2024 was mitigated with proper measures put in place.
According to the DG, the exercise is in furtherance to the engagements on disaster risk reduction and the provisions of relief support to the most vulnerable individuals in the state.
He added that NEMA decided to intensify efforts to ensure a continuous support and cooperation through the Anambra SEMA.
The DG commended the state government on its readiness to give special attention to disaster risk reductions and the provisions of sustainable development for the benefit of the populace.
The Executive Secretary of Anambra State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Chief Paul Odenigbo said that 10 local government areas of the state have been marked as the most flood prone areas and urged the people to be watchful.
The local government areas, he said, are Anambra East, Anambra West, Awka North, Ayamelum, Ekwusigo, Idemili South, Ihiala, Ogbaru Onitsha North and Onitsha South.
He, however, implored the riverine and near stream dwellers to be ready to move to higher lands once they notice an unusual rise in the water level in their areas.
Odenigho said that Anambra has 27 holding centres to accommodate and take care of the needs of persons that might be displaced, adding that NEMA DG is ever ready as usual to lend helping hands to the state at the hour of its great needs.
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