By Chimezie Anaso
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said no fewer than 375, 142 persons were affected by flood disaster across ten local government areas of Anambra.
Mr Idris Abubarkar, NEMA Incident Commander in Awka, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Saturday.
Abubarkar said out of the number, no fewer than 18, 144 persons were in the category of People in Need, while 973 persons were either injured or sick as a result of the disaster.
According him, Ogbaru Council Area has the highest number of affected persons with 131, 175, followed by Anambra West with 100, 775 while Onitsha South has the least of 1, 005 people.
The NEMA official said the agency would distribute relief materials to the affected persons next week with the assistance of Anambra State emergency Management Agency (SEMA).
He said in addition to food items, building materials would be…
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