President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Minister of Water Resources to lead and coordinate with the Ministries of Environment and Transportation as well as State Governments to come up with a comprehensive plan of action for preventing flood disasters in the country.
According to reports, more than 600 people have died in the worst flooding the country has ever seen, some 1.3 million people have been displaced, and more than 200,000 homes have been destroyed.
Flooding is expected to continue until the end of November as a result of the heavy rains.
Speaking on the situation plaguing the nation, the President in a terse statement by Garba Shehu on Monday instructed a plan to be submitted to him in the next 90 days on how to combat the disaster.
Buhari’s directive was conveyed to the Ministers in a letter signed by his Chief of Staff, Prof Ibrahim Gambari.
It added that President Buhari is regularly receiving updates on the flooding situation in the country and restates his commitment towards addressing the challenges caused by the disaster in the country.
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