Buhari Orders Minister Of Water Resources To Produce Flood Prevention Plan Within 90 Days

President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, to produce a flood prevention plan within 90 days.

The President’s directive was conveyed to the minister in a letter signed by his Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, according to a statement on Monday by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu.

According to the statement, Buhari ordered the minister to coordinate with the ministries of environment and transportation as well as state governments to develop the plan.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) made it known that about 2.5 million persons have been affected so far and over 603 persons have lost their lives as a result of the flood caused by torrential rainfall in over 20 states across Nigeria.

Thousands of houses have been submerged by floods and unnumbered farmlands washed away in Nigeria’s devastating floods which have attracted international sympathies from king Charles III of the United Kingdom and the United Nations.