{"id":69978,"date":"2025-07-08T10:48:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T10:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69978"},"modified":"2025-07-08T10:48:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T10:48:58","slug":"july-flood-alert-20-states-at-risk-despite-%e2%82%a6620bn-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/08\/july-flood-alert-20-states-at-risk-despite-%e2%82%a6620bn-intervention\/","title":{"rendered":"July Flood Alert: 20 States at Risk Despite \u20a6620bn Intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has issued a fresh flood alert for July, warning that 20 states remain at high risk despite a \u20a6620 billion intervention fund meant to tackle climate-related disasters.<\/p>\n<p>The alert, issued by NEMA and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), follows early rains that displaced thousands in June.<\/p>\n<p>High-risk states include Lagos, Rivers, Bayelsa, Benue, Kogi, Niger, Zamfara, Sokoto, and Jigawa.<\/p>\n<p>Zamfara alone has recorded over 58,000 displaced persons, sparking concerns about the readiness of other flood-prone states.<\/p>\n<p>NEMA\u2019s Director-General, Zubaida Umar, urged state governments to prioritize sensitization and early evacuation. \u201cTimely action can save lives,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the \u20a6620bn allocation, much of the fund is yet to reach critical flood-control projects, prompting frustration from affected residents and civil society groups who blame poor accountability and delayed response.<\/p>\n<p>Experts warn that worsening floods could impact food security, as farmlands are increasingly destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>With heavier rains expected through August, authorities are urging citizens to remain alert and avoid high-risk areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith The Federal Government has issued a fresh flood alert for July, warning that 20 states remain at high risk despite a \u20a6620 billion intervention fund meant to tackle climate-related disasters. The alert, issued by NEMA and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), follows early rains that displaced thousands in June. High-risk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":69979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69980,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69978\/revisions\/69980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}