President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday issued a 90 days ultimatum to the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu to map out a comprehensive plan of action for the prevention of flood disaster in the country.
Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu who made the disclosure in a statement said that the president gave the directive in a letter to the minister signed by the chief of Staff to the president Ibrahim Gambari.
The minister was also directed to coordinate with the ministries of environment and transportation as well as state governments to develop the plan, the statement said.
Meanwhile, the president has been “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”.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said about 2.5 million persons have been affected so far and over 603 persons killed by the flooding caused by torrential rainfall in over 20 states across Nigeria.
Similarly, Thousands of houses have been submerged by floods and unnumbered farmlands washed away in Nigeria’s devastating floods which have attracted international sympathies from the King Charles III of the United Kingdom and the United Nations.