The Director General, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, Mr Clement Nze, has called on Nigerians living in flood-prone areas to be watchful and move to higher grounds.
Nze, while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria, on Tuesday in Abuja, said the warning was necessary to prevent disasters and emergency situations that could occur in the coming months due to possible floods.
The Director General advised that people living within the floodplains should move to higher grounds and visit the floodplains during the day for normal economic activities.
The states include Adamawa, Abia, Akwa- Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Edo.
Others are Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara.
Nze emphasised that governments at all levels, including individuals, should adhere to the advisories issued by doing the needful so as to avert and minimise the adverse effects of flooding.
