As five new dead bodies were recovered yesterday by the search and rescue operation team of the Niger state Emergency Management Agency NSEMA, the agency has disclosed that 105 communities cutting across 17 local government areas will witness ” very serious flood” this year .
The NSEMA Director General Abdullahi Baba Arah in the update of the flood yesterday disclosed that
5 more dead bodies were recovered in addition to Four recovered on Monday
This has brought the death toll now to about 209 , going by the figure announced by the Deputy Governor Comrade Yakubu Garba while receiving Labour Party Presidential candidate in 2023 Peter Obi yesterday..
The NSEMA Boss said 2 of the bodies were recovered yesterday afternoon down mokwa/Raba axis under tree debris.
Meanwhile the Director General has assured of a coordinated action plan to mitigate the effects of flood disaster on the victims while declaring that 8 local governments consisting of 90 communities are clarified under high risk between April to June this year in Niger state.
The Agency’s Director General Alhaji Abdullahi Baba Arah made this known at the NSEMA 2025 Flood Preparedness and Response Campaign Stakeholders Engagement with the theme: Building Resilience and Capacity for Flood Management held in Minna.
Baba Arah who was represented by the Director, Relief and Rehabilitation, Garba Salisu added that between July and September 2025 about 105 communities from 17 local councils would experience ‘very serious flood’ while October and November 3 local governments consisted of 15 communities are likely to have a high risk flooding in the state.
He therefore stated that the stakeholders engagement was aimed at harmonizing all the action plans by each of the participants to ensure a centralized operations devoid of duplications.
