Flood: One Dead, 651,000 Displaced In Anambra

The National Emergency Management Agency has said that a resident of Enugu-Otu in Aguleri, Ginikanwa Izuoba has been killed by flood.

The Acting State Coordinator of the agency in Anambra, Mr. Thickman Tanimu, disclosed this in Awka on October 01, 2022.

Tanimu said that the victim gave up the ghost when his house collapsed due to the flooding.

The acting Coordinator further disclosed that 651,053 persons in six local government areas of the state were displaced by flooding.

He said that the agency had assessed the impact of the flooding on the people in different parts of the state.

He noted that Ogbaru had the highest number of victims with 286,000 affected people in Anambra West and East Local Government Areas, the affected people were 237,000 and 103,000, respectively.

The victims in Awka North LGA were 10,345, while Ayamelum recorded 9,240 flood cases with 5,468 displaced persons.

“The assessment team observed that the flood has submerged houses, farmlands, schools, health centres, police stations, churches and other critical infrastructure.

“We did the assessment tour with a boat because the access roads to the communities have been submerged by flood water.

“The assessment tour is the first step the Federal Government has to take. We have reported our findings to the management of the agency and based on that, they can now deploy relief materials as appropriate.

“We once again advise villagers to move to the holding camps to avert further loss of lives,” Tanimu said.