Flood: Buhari charges NGF to intervene, report to him after

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the leadership of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) to meet with the Minister of Water Resources, to fashion out solutions to the flooding problems in the country.

Buhari spoke when the outgoing Chairman of NGF, Dr Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, and the incoming Interim Chairman, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, and the Interim Deputy Chairman, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, visited him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday.

The President asked he told them to escalate their conclusions to the Federal Government, to alleviate the plight of people currently being ravaged by flood round the country.

The Governors had told the President that lives have been lost, homes and farmlands washed away in States like Kogi, Yobe, Jigawa, and many others, and asked for Federal Government intervention in terms of special funding.

President Buhari said after the engagement with the relevant Minister, a report should be sent in, “and we will see what to do.”

Governor Fayemi, who exits office in about nine days, personally thanked the President for support to him as Ekiti State helmsman, and for the governors collectively.

The President also applauded the Nigerian Navy for its role in protecting the country’s maritime domain, urging it to “continue to guard us jealously.”