The International Human Rights Commission, IHRC, has called on the global community to assist Nigeria in reducing the impact of floods ravaging parts of the country.
In a statement in Abuja, the Ambassador at Large and Head of Diplomatic Mission Nigeria, Dr Duru Hezekiah described the flooding in Nigeria as unfortunate.
According to him, the 2022 flooding experienced in the country is intense and has been confirmed as Nigeria’s worst flood disaster in a decade, and it is increasingly becoming worse than those of 2012 and 2018.
He lamented the situation where commuters and means of transportation of goods and services were being stuck and stranded in the traffic gridlock on different Nigerian highways resulting from the flooding, and commended National Emergency Management Agency and State Emergency Management Agency for their efforts in cushioning the impact.
He urged states to make available to the public a toll-free telephone number in their situation rooms with the task of coordinating responses and obtaining urgent disastrous cases.
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