The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that 231 persons died, and 607 were injured by floods this year. The agency also confirmed that 315,762 persons were displaced by the floods across Nigeria.
The agency also added that 114 persons are missing as a result of the flood, which has affected 86 Local Government Areas in 25 states.
The information obtained from the updated 2025 flood dashboard of the agency, also indicated that 113,367 persons were also displaced with 40,493 houses and 46,304 farmlands were affected.
According to the dashboard the states mostly impacted by the flood are: Lagos 52,013, Adamawa 51,713, Akwa Ibom 46,233, Imo 29,242, Taraba 26,722, Rivers 22,345, Delta 14,057, Abia 11,907, Borno 8,164 and Kaduna 7,334.
According to the data from the agency, children are the most affected.
The data reads: “143,683 children, 100,079 women, 60,408 men, 11,592 elderly, and 2,265 disabled persons have so far been affected by this year’s flood.
“Some States affected are; Abia, FCT, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Rivers and Sokoto States.
The key challenges identified in the aftermath of the flood incidence are resource shortage, inaccessibility, community resistance, and security risk.
“Resource shortage accounts for 69 per cent of the challenges,16 per cent inaccessibility, 7 per cent community resistance and 6 per cent security risk.”
The priority needs of the affected persons according to NEMA include; food, shelter, WASH, health, livelihood, nutrition, education, protection and security.
