The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the South-South Zone says it monitoring activities in flood prone areas.
NEMA noted that ,although, data collected from its oversight activities shows no cause for alarm it had put in place proactive measures to check imminent flooding should the water level increase.
NEMA’s South-South Zonal Coordinator, Mr Benjamin Oghenah, told journalists that hydrologists in the zone check the flood level three times a week.
“The flood level is raising everyday but it has not reached emergency level according to the information I received from the hydrologists that check it weekly.
“We got information that the flood level in Agenebode, Edo State has affected their farm lands; we pray that it will not get to their houses as we experience rain daily in the area.
The Coordinator expressed worry that sand and dirt had blocked the drainage system in some states in the Zone, making it impossible for rainwater to flow.
Oghenah, who commended the Rivers Government for sponsoring awareness campaigns, however, warned citizens against blocking drains and to be sanitation conscious.