The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA, has expressed commitment to improve on its monitoring strategies on both surface and groundwater reserves to meet up with the International best practices and minimize the effect of flooding in Nigeria.
A statement signed by the Director General of NIHSA, Umar Ibrahim Mohammed in Abuja, attributes the devastating floods in the country this year to excessive rainfall and Climate Change.
The statement emphasizes that NIHSA is carrying out National Survey of major rivers and Tributaries to identify strategic Rivers to be instrumented and monitored as from next year in order to enhance the Agency’s Flood Prediction and Early Warning Systems for the safety of lives, farmlands and property.
According to the statement the Director General maintains that due to the expected cessation of rain in the Northern and Central parts of the Country, the water levels in Rivers Niger and Benue is steadily receding below flood level in the past weeks.
It emphasizes that flooding incidence has greatly subsided, noting that the Agency is taking proactive steps to do some intervention studies in some flood affected states in order to know why floodwaters do not receed for further flood preventive measures and thank all Nigerians and Stakeholders for the role they played in safeguarding lives and property.
