By Omeiza Ajayi

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department FEMD, has again asked residents living along riverbanks and flood plains to relocate to higher grounds to avoid loss of lives and valuables in the event of flood.

Acting Director-General of the department, Mrs Florence Wenegieme, gave the charge in a statement issued Sunday in Abuja.

According to her, the advice followed confirmation by the National Inland Waterways Authority NIWA on the country’s fast-rising water levels across rivers and lagoons.

She said the flood prediction by the National Flood Early Warning Systems FEWS Centre domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Environment, shows that contiguous states to the FCT are among the likely states to be affected.

Accordingly, she said following the flood prediction, FCT might experience river flooding from its surrounding states – Kogi, Kaduna, Niger, and Nasarawa.