ABUJA, May 27 (Xinhua) -- At least 1,231 people were killed and more than 1.2 million others displaced due to the heavy flooding that ravaged many parts of Nigeria in 2024, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Tuesday.
Zubaida Umar, director-general of NEMA, while on a national sensitization campaign on the preparedness for disasters in the southeastern state of Imo, told reporters that a lot is being done to mitigate the impact of flooding this year.
