The National Economic Council has expressed skepticism about a bumper agricultural harvest due to the widespread flooding affecting many states in Nigeria.
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed and Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule shared this information following a NEC meeting chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday.
No fewer than 205 persons lost their lives in different flooding incidents across 29 states of the nation in 2024 while 225,169 others were displaced from their homes.
This was contained in an infographic report released by the National Emergency Operations Centre unit of the National Emergency Management Agency yesterday.
According to the report, the flood incidents also left 2,119 persons with varying degrees of injuries.