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------.-----------------------------------National flood disaster
Imo As~.embly raises panel, INC seeks UN, AU aid tIw IrYd ol ~ commun!~ ""«ttd ~ 10 eruuI r tNt odwn woukf not bt.lt«ttdin I'utu~ Ttwy~ dlso.ukrd 10 \~ry the JOOdt of comlJltnwuon, 'IOlullOn
.and
GlI~
on
the k.denl &lydw, Ddame:!
penn,IOCI'lI
bt£in 1M ImmedYlc rrl\.Jbfll,.tTon 01 the ZOOt". Sumbo noted rholl the Rood
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hUrTWl .. nd m.1Ilerlal RiOOIUS
""'Tht
Victor Burubo, .abo
.met
Riwn~n{Sto~ the ,r tpKI.a di'OHlPf .~ • .met
h~
Ydted C('lmmunll~ in the Niger [)du. ct..t..
lNC PubUctty S«rec.al)t
'.using
rnpdon olllw SOC'IO«OOOITlIC lhftoilM mlire ~ SUit .lind brp mWlk 01 fuvm:.nd
COUnclU of the
Ahmed WH p.lnkuLuly oIpprm.tm of the FcdmIIGoYtmrnmt's sesturc 01 NJOO milIkIn p.i111MtYe fund to iCMu Slalr, whIch surrc~ huse flooding In Edu .and ".aIiK"l
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st,Ut
"here
0W1 70 vd1.lgl"S WftC .ffMtd
WIth 160lhmsubrnrrgM. Besides. Mmtd. throtlj[l\ hu
twb Obi, com
the hd·
noll ~mmt lOr directing
.he IKhnk..,J
commlll~
to
continue oKtlon on tIw tIood "'~.
Ministry embarks on emergency food production Agenc:y wants disaster master plan ~ """",. . .nd .rlIIftllOlYoI..,1 In Nigr'N ror ~ OJWarm15S ~Od mUg tr'Ilfnmt of8ood pronrcommunillrsln
ftood5"'
theThe~ 0( Agricuku~
••ld Rur.ll De\,dopi1"M1:nl, Dr. A1dnwuml Mf'SIIW. loid the )ounvllsu Nt the mlntsuy h.KI ..Irudy procured urty rnlturifll: rnllzr variety ttW would be rudy ror turwst within 60 ~ys of pUnting. .00 would CUllivolte 8000 h«umoll.lnd He millnalnrd th•• the srais IW brcn procured .00 woukl br dlso1butcd for wrmrn to
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plint IJT\f1lItdliltdy thr 800d AdesIn.1
mo disc:.Iowd thx
the ministry Iud .Iso pro-
cured IIood loknnt rn vari-
et~=t~roukl oht unckr so conditton for 11 ~ .00 contlnlX' 10 grow ewn .fter they 'M:rr sui).
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l it' Aid lhe var1rtirs ~ ookrtd from 8iJ.ngbdr:sh ~nd
'nd", ....,.. "'" ""'''''''''
mrnI WZ5 .bo wortdng wtth lnt~ lnsdI:utt b RIa ~rch in pt"hppnes, 10 ~
tORd impnMd nctv.uiedrs
.~ furthrJ dbdoscd dwl the mlnbUy h.u .abo J«Urcd ~ ""."" ol ]6,000 mruic lonrs of rn WlthJn the
prod"""
iiO~ caIkd on the
FedeRl Govftnllltni to db-
cou~r
the communhiH
e
from ~tllns within the 800d M, ~ ~ H construct • bc1dgr brtVoftn 8.lnda VI .lind I..olq.t. whiJe l.oko~c..n~ rwdshOuld bt msrd ,,~ the rurrml dnr.ltion .lind rdnfornd 10 IY06d future
"""""""'Mohmuntd Ihe
~
obsm'ed th.1t
RCllons
be~n
.
&Inc!. YU~;';:nd ~ nd
paru of
.(;;anap
~
51!wted wi In tM Rood pYln. hence ~ inurd.ltrd ~nd
rn..Ide thr n»d
I~
bleformffic. He nolm thM. the ~~ 01 the Synt.hedc ApmUJ"e RMbr (SAR)~tdlt~daG. Dlglw £Ie. va lJon Mode l (DTM) ~nd
"",,,nd""""""(FIdd"""" mrm)ofl.da:Jf.a 1\Ood rew.1ed that in the ase of Kogl. the
IWlUnl bourHbry ~ no( ~bydv~m.