ACF Urges Robust Preparations for 2025 Seasonal Floods
By Ogulagha Vanguards
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has issued a press statement warning of impending floods in riverine and flood-prone areas of Nigeria during the 2025 rainy season.
“According to the Nigerian Hydrological Services, the floods are expected to affect 1,249 communities across 176 local government areas in 30 states, including 16 states in the North, plus the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
ACF notes that communities without adequate preparations typically experience deaths, destruction of farmlands, public and private property damage, disruptions to means of livelihoods, and food shortages.
The statement maintained that “Given the current economic and existential constraints faced by citizens, the ACF emphasizes the need for proactive measures to avert or minimize losses from the impending floods.
The ACF calls on relevant federal, state, and local government ministries and agencies to key into the sensitization campaigns launched by the Federal Government.
The organization urges emergency response and humanitarian relief agencies, aid organizations, to stock up on food, medications, safe drinking water, and other resources to serve those in need.
The ACF also calls on public agencies to ensure the completion of repairs to damaged infrastructure, including roads, bridges, public buildings, schools, medical facilities, and markets.
The organization emphasizes the need for strict enforcement of regulatory planning, authorizations, relevant building codes, town regional and environmental regulations.
The ACF urges all citizens to observe sound environmental and hygienic practices, strictly adhere to regulatory codes, laws, and regulations, desist from blocking drainages and water channels, and avoid indiscriminate dumping of refuse in unauthorized places.
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