Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Nigeria
Issue 05 | September 2013 2013
In this issue
Update on floods P.1 P.2 P.3 P.4 P.4 P.4
HIGHLIGHTS
Kogi, Kwara and Niger States to evacuate communities due to the Kainji and Jebba dam overflow. 7,924 households displaced by flooding. An estimated 690 people have been killed in 35 attacks attributed to Boko Haram since the state of emergency. 1,111 suspected Lassa Fever cases with 33 deaths reported from 26 Local Government Areas in 12 states.
Update on Northeast Nigeria Advocacy Visit to Minister of Education Returnees from Bakassi Need Assistance NigeriaEU Present Findings to NEMA Lassa fever and cholera outbreaks
KEY FIGURES
No. of children <5 estimated affected by SAM in 2013 296 500
910 516
FUNDING
USD$30.9 mil
Projected for Sahel response in 2013 (Source: 2013 FoodSecurity Strategy and Action Plan For The Sahel in Nigeria)
USD$6.5 mil
Received from CERF to respond to flooding
USD$22 mil
Pledges, commitment and contribution to Nigeria in 2013 (Source: Financial Tracking System)
To date, 23 deaths have been reported, seven from Bauchi, five from Edo, four from Ebonyi, four children from Zamfara and one from Kano state; exact figures of the displaced are unknown. NEMA has donated relief materials to populations affected by floods in Kastina, Bauchi, Gombe, Kogi, Zamfara, Jigawa and Kano states.
www.unocha.un.org/rowca | www.unocha.org United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Coordination Saves Lives
According to State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), floods in Bauchi state affected 13 Local Government Areas namely, Dambam, Kirfi, Alkaleri, Zaki, Bogoro, Toro, Jamare, Shira, Itas/Gadau, Darazo, Ganjuwa, Dass and Bauchi affecting a total of 123 villages. The floods killed seven and hospitalized 17; 2,217 farmlands were reportedly submerged and 1,529 homes destroyed. One school is currently being used as a campsite for IDPs. Abia State has also been badly affected by floods in 11 Local Government Areas composed of 20 villages. A reported 2,969 people have been displaced, an unspecified number of homes destroyed, livelihoods disrupted, and drinking water sources compromised. Landslides have also followed from the heavy rains and overflows of the Avu dam at Akanu Item community and the Ikwu river banks in Umuahia North and Ndu lake in Obingw. Access to roads affected has been limited as a result of the flood.
Kebbi
NEMA has ordered the immediate evacuation of communities along the Niger River after assessments indicated that the Jebba and Kainji hydroelectric power dams have attained their highest water level in the last three decades. According to the NEMA, the threat has created a high risk of flooding downstream of the river. Communities along the river are being relocated to higher grounds. States at risk are Niger, Kogi, Kwara, Kebbi, Anambra and Delta.
Since May 2013, UNHCR has tracked more than 17,0000 people (mainly women, children and the elderly) who have been internally displaced or fled across the borders into neighbouring Chad, Niger, and Cameroon. Humanitarian Issues Access in the northeast states continues to be limited; In addition to a lack of access, humanitarian actors have voiced additional concerns over (i) the erosion of household resilience given the protracted nature of the violence in the north with accordant disruptions to livelihoods, markets and access to foodstuffs; and (ii) the threat posed to humanitarian spaces, with reports circulating that insurgents in the northeast are fleeing to places of asylum or displacement.
The Minister promised to continue to support the activities of the group and made assurances that necessary mechanisms would be put in place, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders (including the security agencies) to ensure the safety of students and teachers especially in the northeast.