The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has revealed that women and children are the most affected victims in this year’s flooding in the 19 affected states.
The agency’s data dashboard explained that five states have the highest number of persons affected in the flooding, namely Imo, Rivers, Abia, Borno and Kaduna States.
The data explained that more than 165 persons died, 82 are missing and 119,791 others were affected in the flooding.
NEMA revealed this in its data dashboard on Friday.
The agency stated, “138 persons sustained various degrees of injuries, 43,936 displaced, 8,594 houses affected and 8,278 farmlands destroyed across 43 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 19 States.”
It also explained that those affected as a result of the flood are 53,314 children, 36,573 women, 24,600 men, 5,304 elderly, and 1,863 disabled persons.
It stated that Abia, FCT, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Borno, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Ondo, Rivers and Sokoto are the 19 states affected by the flood.
