AS Benue suffers, NEMA wants Kogi towns to evacuate over flood

With much of Makurdi and other towns in Benue suffering under the weight of unprecedented flooding, the National Emergency Management Agency has received a distressed call of eminent  flood in Sarkin Noma, Ganaja in Lokoja LGA and Igala mela LGA of Kogi State, among others.
Following the  alert, the Agency has immediately established contact with the State Commissioner for Environment, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and other relevant stakeholders while a team from the agency is due to arrive the state for appropriate action to the affected persons and communities.
NEMA  has strongly advised  the communities living around the flood Plains to immediately relocate to higher grounds for safety to avoid the danger of the eminent.
This is coming as exclusive details of the needs and sufferings of those in Benue was released to everyday.ng, showing that most government agencies were caught napping by the sheer magnitude of the needs of internally displaced persons.