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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has revealed that Adamawa, Lagos and Akwa Ibom are the states mostly impacted by this year’s flood.
So far, 60,608 persons in Adamawa, 57,951 persons in Lagos, and 46,233 in Akwa ibom States have been impacted by the flood.
The flood has also led to the death of 238 persons in Niger, Adamawa, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, Taraba and Yobe States.
No fewer than 409,714 persons across 117 Local Government Areas in 27 States have also been affected and 135,764 displaced between January and October this year.
The data by the Agency also indicates that 826 injuries were sustained and 115 persons have been reported missing.
The updated 2025 flood dashboard by NEMA released on Saturday indicates that children are the most affected. The data reads: “188,118 children 125,307 women, 77,423 men, 18,866 elderly, and 2,418 disabled persons have so far been affected by this year flood.
“Also, 47,708 houses and 62,653 farmlands have been affected by the floods”.
The affected States are; Abia, FCT, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi, Katsina, Kebbi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ondo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba and Yobe. (The Nation, but headline rejigged)
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