The Northern Elders Forum NEF today gave an urgent call to the Federal Government to take swift and decisive action in the face of an impending flood crisis threatening vast parts of Northern Nigeria.
In a statement released in Abuja, NEF Spokesperson, Professor Abubakar Jiddere, warned that based on current rainfall patterns, historical precedents, and official weather alerts, the region is on the brink of a severe environmental and humanitarian disaster.
The statement referenced the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, reports of 2012, 2022, 2024 where Floods killed and displaced millions of Ni ingerians, 30 of the 36 states of the federation