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Floods : Gov. Ododo Approves Constitution Of Response Team In Kogi

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September 18, 2024
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Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State has set up a Flood Disaster Response Team as part of measures being put in place in readiness for any flooding incident .

The setting up of the response team is in response to the projections by regulatory agencies that states along Rivers Niger and Benue are at risk of flooding.

Kingsley Femi Fanwo , the
Commissioner for Information and Communications confirmed the establishment of the team in a statement in Wednesday in Lokoja.

He said the Team, is expected to coordinate the State Government Flood Response Strategies and execute the State Action Plan on Flooding to mitigate the effects of flooding on communities along Rivers Niger and Benue.

According to him, the team which will be inaugurated in due course is made up of the state Deputy Governor, Comrade Joel Salifu as Chairman while the State Auditor General, Commissioners of Health, Environment and Ecological Management Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Works, Finance, Budget and Economic Planning are members.

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Other members include; the Commissioners for Information and Communications, Education, Water Resources, Women Affairs, Humanitarian Affairs, Agriculture as well as the State Security Adviser, Special Adviser to the Governor on State Emergency Management Agency and the Executive Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency.

Kogi State being a Confluence of the two big Rivers had suffered devastating effects of flooding in the past with 2012 and 2022 flooding incidents being the worst.

Fanwo said the decision to set up the Response Team is to avert losses and protect lives and property in the flood prone areas.

He explained that the Team will be inaugurated soon by Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo.     (vitalnewsngr.com)

 

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