The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned communities in Niger that there would be more floods in some parts of the state this rainy season. Head of Operations, NEMA Operations Office, Mina, Mrs Lydia Wagami, gave the warning during the Flood Preparedness, Mitigation and Response Sensitization in Maikunkele, Bosso Local Government Area of the state. Wagami, represented by Alhaji Hussein Isah, Head Search and Rescue Unit in the office, warned against indiscriminate dumping of refuse in drainage and water channels as well as building on flood plains.

She advised vulnerable communities to be proactive by cleaning their culverts and drainage and stressed the need for communities downstream to relocate to higher grounds. Also, Hajiya Ramatu Turaki, Head of Planning, Research and Forecasting Unit, disclosed that it had been predicted that there would be heavy rainfall in the next forty days across the country and advised the people to be alert.