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!hur!d!y. 000beI4. 2012
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Flood: 400 Flood t hreatenes communities food security in submerged in Kogi Jigawa LGAs from
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tk J&id 3,647 peopk were raaaed ill
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have bHn lubmersed U I reluh ollbc: fIo,Qd daout1tlna the "al£. tbc National Emergency Management Ale-ncy {NEMA) huAid 'The NEMA Norc h ~traI umal co-ordinator, kill". Olinoko who disdoKd lhit 10 nC'WllMl'l yatcnby in l.okop wvd Nlgcri&ru: 10 bncc: up U 100ft Roodma Is apectcd bJ mMi OctobaChinoko Aid the Rood bttn ~nud an theCCKUltty _ as. rewlt of oc~ ninf...u. addma ,hit ~ walft1l known all "black Rood"' an: yrt 10 come from Cameroun and Guinn wb.tre Rive:n NI. r and Be:nue dafved thell"
Ownoko warned conununllicl yet 10 -~"
IbIJI Local Govcmmaat dlll'in& tbt Rood. describina the !nod of dCYuratlon in IhI IIalt:Ualarm.int ~ls~hkamona tbe- nine local ~nmc."l'lt areu aIf«tc.'d by the nood disuln-: Accordin. 10 him, du~ 10 the mapilude oilM dlAllltr, NEMA had alrndy akned otoo Intunlllional orpRlDUORI like the Red Croll and lrel Qac.au for IUpport, AyinJ that aboul40 rdid' camps MVC bttn let up iK1'OM the: $We 10 UJbt the rict.imJ. -rbe prompt imrrwntion of the: aamcJ' In camp ~I. supply 01 mid"main..... KarCh and I"UClaC IIliJIion and supply of drop hal bdped tbt 5lal.t pcmmcnl in confrootinl the: chaI&cnsn of the flood," be uld. Hccommcnded KosISla,c IOftfnmcnt
be rdoatcd (rom the riverlM"'", 10 do 50 In tht inkfest of thdr OWl! aItty as th~ WlkT-'duutcoml"lnlO thecountry
and ocha- (edenl ISCncla thai UlIAed
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the aid oJ the ""'dms
NEMA In ~ victiJru. callina on u"lividuab and orpniutioN 10 come 10
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of naI .... on The CM.irmm of Au)'O and Kafin1-laUN! 1.oc:aI <iovf,rnmc'nl Arnt., Alhaji All Mohamnnd KWoIIWo and Alhajj Mohamm..d Danjanl have Aid that Ihe cu"ml Rood ravag;lna their coundlJ posed. kriow: duntto (ood toKUrily -About Je¥enly five pacml olthe rice JHlnlcd in hls &rei had JORC and that u why _ Ife mviAJins (ood lCatdcy and £amine i( caR: b not tUm.. The flood hu affected (um produc:r. ~ .. weD :as aninuJs. Mota oilhc Yicl&m& of the Rood are left without shelter of tbdr own I litlWlon dw rna.de tbe whok scenario to look .-eJ}' perhetic.- the OWrmcn aaid. 1lIq aDed on the (eden! pa-nmmt and GIbe!- humanitarian orpniAtiom come 10 lbeir lid :as they bailie 10 ~_ the rnenac£ 01 flood lhal ha", been auJlnc a lot of huoc 10 the pcop&e oIlMarnL They said lhal the two 001
10 Carapt. ICed Llia __
w purch:uc- 01 empt y ~
which WU'e in lurD IP¥'CRCO ,
riclll.-. Cor
use uonbanbnmu co '"1? IftL.r/"ftI futthu mcroachilll the BoI.cttd Ft.te..
About se JI::nt y fi ve percent of the rice .,13nl ed In his a rea had gone ~ nd t hat is why we are envisa ;Jing food sca rcity and (arnlr e if care is not taken_The fl ood h 3ls affected (arm prodtl( e; crops
as well as animals. M01t of the victims of the flood are left without shelt :!II of th t.."ir own a situation thllt made
the whole sceno.lo to look ver) f)C)thet lC.