Flooding: ECOWAS, Edo government meet to mitigate impact

The much awaited National Planning Workshop for Flood Emergency Response and Management billed for Benin City has been rescheduled to hold between September 17 and 18, 2018 by Edo State government.

The two days event is being organised by the state government in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Early Warning Mechanism for Nigeria.

According to a statement made available to newsmen, the state government said the workshop, themed ‘Building Flood Resistant Communities’ will hold at the Government House and will help in synergising with development partners on strategies to avert diseases arising from flooding.

The event will feature a number of issues on flooding and disaster management, including update on the states’ efforts to mitigate flood incidents; review of the 2018 Seasonal Rainfall prediction; and take a look at the 2018 Annual Flood Outlook.

The workshop will also set up a technical committee on vulnerability assessment of the states.

Expected at the event are state governors, state commissioners of relevant ministries; chairmen of local governments; recognised traditional rulers; international organisations, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), stakeholders in emergency management, research centres and institutions of higher learning.