NEMA charges FG to build buffer walls to forestall future floods

Following the flood disaster which claimed four lives in Niger state, and displaced thousands in Adamawa and Yobe states, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has asked the federal government to immediately build buffer dams around Lagdo Dam in northern Cameroon to prevent loss of more lives.
The Director General of NEMA, Mohammed Sidi told a news conference that “the agency had done its homework by activating all mitigating strategies as soon as it received a warning from the Cameroon authorities of an impending release of water from the Lagdo Dam”.
NEMA asked state governments to put measures in place to prevent impending floods and its attendant risk to lives.
The agency also announced the rehabilitation of affected communities in Adamawa State where over 10,000 people have been displaced.
According to NEMA, if the country must break the often predictable and annually repetitive flooding across the country, it is necessary for governments to go back to the drawing board to design and implement effective disaster management agenda.
The agency also said that the Federal Government must ensure that effective disaster management and rescue measures are put in place from local council to the federal level.