Data by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has shown that 191 persons have died, 94 missing and 134,435 persons have been affected by this year’s flooding.
The agency also stated that 239 persons sustained various injuries, 48,056 displaced, 9,499 houses affected and, 9,450 farmlands destroyed across 47 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 20 States.
The 2025 flood dashboard by NEMA, indicates that children and women were mostly affected.
The data reads: “60,071 children affected, 41,539 women, 27,121 men, 5,704 elderly, and 1,874 disabled persons have so far been affected by this year’s flood”.
The States with the highest number of affected persons are; Imo with 28,030, Rivers with 22,345 persons, Adamawa with 12,613, Abia with 11,907 persons, Borno with 8,164 persons and Kaduna with 7,334.
The 20 States affected are; Abia, FCT, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Ondo, Rivers and Sokoto States.
The priority needs of the affected persons according to the agency are: food, shelter, nutrition, livelihood, WASH, health, education, protection and security.
The key challenges identified in the aftermath of the flood incidence according to NEMA are resource shortage, inaccessibility, security risk, community resistance, and poor coordination.
In 2024, about 5 million people were affected, about 1.2 million displaced, over 1,000 lives lost, and 16,000 persons were injured.
(The Nation)
