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According to him, the appeal to the riverine communities to move to high grounds became necessary considering the rising water level in River Benue due to the release of waters from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon.

Onilu, represented by Director, Planning, Research and Strategy, Yusuf Kobi, explained that the stakeholders engagement aimed at intensifying sensitisation for the flood frontline states to take precautionary measures to avert loss of lives and property in the event of flooding.

“We are here to monitor flood safety alert campaigns by our various offices in the 11 flood frontline states across the country, of which Nasarawa state is one.

“We started with Kogi, followed by Edo, Anambra, Benue and here we are in Nasarawa today, the same campaign is ongoing in Rivers, Cross River, Adamawa and Taraba states respectively.

“We are sensitising the riverine communities to be proactive, we should not allow what happened in 2012 and 2022 to happen again, where many lives were lost and thousands of houses were submerged,” he said.

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