The Federal Government has set in motion, a National Emergency Operation Centre to coordinate responses and provide timely interventions to victims of Cholera, floods and other disasters across the country.

This was revealed in a statement via the official handle of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Tuesday.

The statement quoting the Director General, NEMA, Zubaida Umar, said that the centre brought together stakeholders to review the current flood situation and strengthen mitigation and response strategies across Nigeria.

Zubaida said the centre would share information, provide timely support to affected areas, and collate and analyse flood incident data.

She added that the centre would ensure that emergency responses were as accurate as possible.

The NEMA boss expressed the hope that the steps, together with those of other stakeholders, will reduce, to the barest minimum, the impact of flooding.

She highlighted the agency’s ongoing efforts to address the predicted 2024 flood disaster by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NISA).

According to her, 20 states and 52 local government areas had already been affected by flooding.

She emphasised the need for public awareness and proper waste management to mitigate the impact of floods.

 Umar said the workshop would awaken NEMA to take more proactive measures to save the lives of the citizens and adequately respond in areas that had been affected.

 As part of its move, the agency also flagged off distribution of relief materials to tanker fire disaster victims in Ometan Community, Delta State.

The materials were approved by NEMA and were jointly conducted with the Delta State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and community leaders.

 The relief items included food and non-food materials, aimed at alleviating the suffering of the affected persons.