Nigeria: Group Urges Govt to Tackle Flooding

7 August 2020

The Coalition of Civil Society Group has urged the federal government to show seriousness in the efforts to tackle flooding, which has become a perennial occurrence in all parts of the country.

Coordinator of the group, Roland Odih, who spoke to journalists in Abuja yesterday, said the government could show commitment by ending flooding, which has cost the nation billions of naira and countless human lives, by adequately funding the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA).

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