Famine alert: FG releases list of states, communities to experience drought in 2021

The federal government on Tuesday, February 2, warned that some states in the northern part of the country may experience a brief spell of drought between June and July 2021 due to weather change.

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Speaking in Abuja at the 2021 Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP), minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the disclosure on the severe dry spells.

He urged farmers to embark on "soil-moisture conservation techniques" to reduce chances of crop failure during the period, Daily Sun reports.

While maintaining that climate change may bring big damage to farming and other ventures, and also cause famine, Sirika tasked the states to adhere to the forecast by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) in order to prevent bad consequences.

He gave the states as:

1. Kebbi
2. Sokoto
3. Zamfara
4. Katsina
5. Yobe
6. Borno

He gave the local government areas and communities to be affected as:

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1. Shinkafi
2. Birnin Magaji
3. Maradun
4. Zurmi Zamfara
5. Kaita
6. Mashi
7. Mai’Adua
8. Katsina
9. Dutsi
10. Daura
11. Baure
12. Zango
13. Katsina
14. Gwiwa
15. Arewa Dandi
16. Birnin Kebbi
17. Argungu,
18. Augie Kebbi
19. Illela
20. Gada
21. Tangaza
22. Gudu
23. Sabon Birni
24. Sokoto
25. Yankwashi
26. Gumel
27. Birniwa
28. Sule-Tankarkar,
29. Guri
30. Kiri Kasama
31. Jigawa
32. Machina
33. Nguru
34. Yusufari
35. Yunusari
36. Karasuwa
37. Barde
38. Jakusko
39. Geidam
40. Yobe and Abadam
41. Mobbar
42. Kukawa
43. Guzamala
44. Gubio
45. Nganzai
46. Monguno Borno state

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Meanwhile, with coronavirus taking a dangerous curve on the country, the presidential task force on Monday, February 1, announced the list of five states and 22 local government areas in Nigeria with a large spread of the COVID-19 infection.

Addressing pressmen during a media briefing in Abuja, the national coordinator of the PTF, Dr Sani Aliyu, warned Nigerians against travelling to the affected states.

According to him, the high-burdened states and LGAs contribute to 95% of the daily infection. He gave the states, as sighted by Legit.ng as Yobe, Jigawa, Zamfara, Kebbi and Kogi.

“These local government areas which are mostly in the cities or the state capitals contribute over 95 per cent of the epidemic, particularly new cases in the country."

Source: Legit.ng