EXPERT PROVIDES SOLUTION ON HOW TO CURB IMPENDING FLOOD IN NIGERIA
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A Space applications, environmental and climate change specialist, Dr. Folusho Fagbeja, has reacted to the warning by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on the flood alert issued on Sunday, that the flood would affect some states in the country.
Hotjist earlier reported that NEMA, has been informed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that flooding along the River Benue basin is imminent as the Cameroonian government plans to open the Lagdo Dam.
However, in an exclusive chat with Hotjist, Dr. Fagbeja said, “Nigeria will be partially flooded again. This is coinciding with monsoonal rainfalls which will peak in September/October. Monsoonal rains are like the Omiyale rains that can last almost all day in drizzles.”
“What we need to do is to harvest these flood waters by creating artificial lakes and mini dams across the country. The water gathered in the lakes will then support dry season farming through irrigation.”
“If we are not ingenious about this challenge, there’ll be perennial food shortages every year due to flooding. It will involve inter-agency collaboration.:
“For instance, my kind of work can map out the flood areas, estimate the volume of flood waters and their flow, map out farmlands and identify most suitable areas to create artificial lakes and mini dams that can both serve the flood reduction and dry season farming. Of course, it then goes to agencies that deal with construction, dams, agriculture, disaster management to implement”. He concluded.
Recall that, earlier this month, NEMA had issued a warning alert that, Lagos, Anambra, Adamawa, and 16 other states in the nation are expected to receive significant rains that may cause flooding between August 14 and August 18, 2023.
The flood will severely affect the Apapa, Badagry, Eti Osa, Ikeja, Ikorodu, Ikoyi, Lagos Island, Ojo Lagos, and Surulere areas of Lagos state; the Atani area of Anambra state; and the Numan and Shelleng areas of Adamawa state, according to the NEMA flood prediction made available by the Federal Ministry of Environment Abuja’s Flood Early Warning Systems (FEWS) Central Hub.
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