UN humanitarian agencies on Monday said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa urgently needed humanitarian assistance.
Mr Ojuloge said that the community needed government’s intervention to help dredge the waterways to prevent future occurrence.
The 2022 flooding displaced over two million and caused the death of 665, damaged about 355,986 houses and destroyed and estimated 944,989 hectares of farmland.
Ms Sai’du said the sensitisation was for people in flood-prone communities to brainstorm and develop measures to prevent and reduce losses and the negative impact of the flood.
EHCON has urged environmental health officers to enforce public health laws in every local government area to curb flooding nationwide.
The UN has launched a $1.3 billion appeal to help six million people severely affected by conflict, disease, and disaster in the North-East.
The 2022 flooding is Nigeria’s worst in the last five years, with 32 out of the 36 states of the country affected.
UNICEF says overwhelming flooding has affected no fewer than 27.7 million children across 27 countries worldwide.
According to her, weather forecasts indicated that Anambra, Delta, Cross River, Rivers and Bayelsa are still at risk of experiencing floods until the end of November.
Mr Kpodoh said the recurrent destructive effects of floods across the country were enough evidence that governors were diverting ecological funds.
