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She lamented that the only intervention the community had got from the government or any group was bags of rice shared after the 2022 floods. Even the bags of rice only got to a few residents. She had never seen the government carry out any project to mitigate flooding in the community, she said.
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A breakdown shows that Kano received N192 million, which was the highest given to singular state. It was followed by Kaduna with N152 million. Bayelsa received the lowest amount of N107 million. The states’ breakdown is shown below.
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Dataphyte visited Kofawe Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Ondo State to investigate the state of services and facilities. One official, Ms Omobimpe Oladunjoye, who was the only person working at the health centre, narrated how floods destroyed the PHC which serves about 15,000 persons in the community.
In Ondo State, a secondary school principal told Dataphyte how his students were asked to stay at home when floods sacked its building.
A review of the 36 states’ 2023 budgets showed that all, except 9 states, earmarked funds for flood and erosion control.
Despite this development, a review of the state’s budget performance documents shows that only 3.8 percent of the budget for flood and erosion control in the 2022 fiscal year was spent.
