The federal government says it will deploy a nationally coordinated approach involving all arms and levels of government in addressing the ravaging flood in the country.

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at the inaugural edition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration Scorecard 2015-2023 Series organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture.

The scorecard series, which features ministers and top government officials, showcases the administration’s achievements as it winds down.

Before giving the scorecards of his ministry, Mr Fashola said the federal government is worried and concerned about the devastating floods impacting many parts of the country.

“It is a grave matter, very tragic in its human and economic costs, and it will require an all of government approach from local to state and the federal government to deal with it.

“It is going to require an all-nation approach, perhaps something similar to the way we responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, where everybody played a role because everybody is impacted one way or the other,” he said.

On the part of his ministry, Mr Fashola said he had deployed all Controllers of Works in the 36 states to go out, measure, assess and evaluate the cost of replacement, rehabilitation and, where necessary, restoration.

He said the federal government is already in touch with the National Assembly so that fund allocation would not be a challenge after quantifying the costs in terms of resources.

“We are mindful of the imminence of the end of the year and the heavy human on goods logistics that go with festivity. We want to be in a position to make that as less painful as possible.

“At the moment, there are also places where we can’t do a lot because this is nature, so we have to wait for the floods to recede a little bit,” he said.

The minister commiserated with the victims of the flooding and reassured them of the government’s commitment to deploy a coordinated response.

(NAN)