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…calls for harmless drinking water, arsenic flood contaminates h2o sources
By Gabriel Ewepu
ABUJA – The Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency, NiHSA, has placed Bayelsa, Kogi, Anambra, Delta, and different states connected precocious alert implicit flooding.
This was announced during a media briefing by the Director-General, DG, NiSHA, Arc Umar Mohammed, wherever helium said the flood alerts released by the Agency are based connected outer imagery, integer modelling, and on-ground measurements.
“Since assuming office, my extremity has been wide — to marque NiHSA much proactive, data-driven, and responsive to the challenges of our time.
“We person expanded real-time information postulation and upgraded our aboriginal informing systems.
“Today, our forecasts are backed by outer imagery, integer modelling, and on-ground measurements that let america to foretell and pass flood risks much effectively. Across the country, NiHSA maintains a wide web of hydrological and groundwater monitoring stations.
“These stations supply the real-time accusation needed for forecasting, planning, and decision-making. Through hydrogeological mapping, stream discharge measurements, and floodplain studies, we assistance states and section communities marque informed choices astir onshore use, infrastructure, and h2o management.
“At the moment, our hydrological monitoring shows precocious h2o levels on parts of the Niger and Benue Rivers, with the anticipation of localized flooding successful Kogi, Anambra, and Delta States.
“We counsel residents successful flood-prone areas to stay vigilant and to travel authoritative advisories.”
Meanwhile, the NiHSA brag disclosed that flood activities from large rivers person contaminated sources of drinking h2o for the radical affected by flood based on, “Our caller h2o prime appraisal during flood valuation exercises revealed contamination successful immoderate shallow wells caused by floodwater intrusion.”
“We telephone for stronger collaboration among applicable ministries, humanitarian partners, and section authorities to guarantee the proviso of harmless drinking h2o to affected communities.”
However, according to him, the h2o level and flooding successful 2025 is not devasting compared to 2024 flooding, but it is being monitored arsenic rains proceed successful the confederate portion of the country.
Meanwhile, helium made it known that the predictions from the bureau has been rated close by planetary organizations.
He besides added that the Agency does not enactment successful isolation but collaborates with applicable nationalist and planetary organizations, which different countries including Ghana and Liberia person travel for grooming successful bid for NiHSA to acceptable up akin bureau successful their countries, and that it is acceptable to bash to assistance different countries to springiness the champion predictions and prevention of flood and different biology challenges.
He said, “The Annual Flood Outlook remains 1 of our flagship products. Every year, we forecast the apt flood scenarios crossed each states, indicating where, when, and however terrible flooding whitethorn be. After its release, we transportation retired sensitization campaigns nationwide — engaging authorities governments, exigency agencies, and communities to assistance them hole and respond appropriately.
“We are besides investing successful technology. Our information systems are being upgraded for real-time monitoring, cloud-based storage, and faster information sharing. We are utilizing Artificial Intelligence and precocious integer tools to amended foretell flood behaviour and heighten exigency response.
“Collaboration is astatine the bosom of what we do. We proceed to enactment intimately with NiMET, NEMA, and the National Water Resources Institute, among others, to guarantee that our forecasts construe into enactment connected the ground.
“We besides bask beardown partnerships with planetary bodies specified arsenic the World Meteorological Organization, UNESCO, and ECOWAS among others — determination partnerships assistance america physique capableness and align with planetary champion practices.
“Within the Agency, we are gathering not conscionable systems, but people. We person introduced the caller Performance Management System to amended accountability and work transportation successful enactment with the ongoing nationalist assemblage reforms of the Federal Government. We are besides grooming and motivating our unit to execute astatine their best.
“Looking ahead, NiHSA is processing a Five-Year Strategic Action Plan to usher our operations. This program focuses connected innovation, re...
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