Mr Goje said the 2023 flood warning came at a time when communities’ vulnerability was high due to the impact of the 2022 flood.
“This is why we are appealing to residents to cooperate with us and stop dumping wastes in drainages or building on waterways.”
The speaker, Abok Ayuba, who presided over the Tuesday plenary, was elected speaker by his colleagues in June 2019 but was impeached on October 28, 2021, by the assembly members.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s administration has condemned renewed attacks on the Zangon Kataf council area that killed several inhabitants.
Relief materials were given to 250 victims of fire and flood disasters in the state on Sunday.
The distributed materials include maize, rice, millet, guinea corn, Indomie, rice, beans and condiments.
Fire destroyed goods worth over N40 million at the Potiskum market in Yobe.
The official said anytime there was a bandit attack, victims were assisted with N50,000 to N100,000, depending on what happened to a person.
The Nigeria Hydrological Services had grouped Abia as one of the 32 states to suffer high probable flood risk.
Mr Jili said the disaster also displaced 20,399 persons, 100 others injured, destroyed 15,000 farmlands and property worth over N2.1 billion in the affected communities from April to date.
