Flood: MURIC Urges Govt To Build Camping Sites

As floods devastate Nigerian communities, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has charged authorities and section governments to physique camping sites successful high-rise areas successful readiness for radical who are forced to evacuate.

In a connection yesterday, the group’s founder/executive director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, argued that informing citizens that a flood was approaching was not capable but bully governance demands that the authorities prepares camping sites for the people.

“Although Allah has been benignant to Nigeria regarding earthy disasters specified that the state does not acquisition tragedies the mode different countries are exposed to them, floods successful the rainy play are becoming a superior interest arsenic they origin precocious decease tolls and terrible damages.

“151 radical were killed successful the flood which devastated the metropolis of Mokwa, Niger State successful May 2025. Apart from the precocious decease toll, 265 houses were destroyed portion 3,018 radical were rendered stateless successful the planetary warmth induced disaster.

“Earlier, betwixt September and October 2022, much than 600 radical died aft torrential rains caused the astir devastating incidental of seasonal floods astir the state successful decades. More than 1.3 cardinal radical were displaced.

“It is connected grounds that some the national and authorities governments are known to often contented warnings to citizens asking them to evacuate for fearfulness of flood.

“The interest of the Muslim Rights Concern successful this speech is that though radical are told to spell to precocious emergence areas arsenic flood is being expected, they person ne'er been told wherever to spell exactly. Fear and anxiousness rent the aerial arsenic citizens wonderment wherever to evacuate to.

“We asseverate clearly, categorically and emphatically that it is not capable to nonstop warnings to residents. They should beryllium directed to safer places prepared by the government. That is bully governance,” MURIC said.