The federal government has alerted Nigerians of the plans to release water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon.
Director-General of the Nigeria Hydrological Service Agency, Umar Mohammed, notified Nigerians on the development in a statement in Abuja.
According to the statement, the Director General alerted Nigerians on the development, but said there is no cause for alarm as major flooding is not expected in Nigeria.
It noted that states such as Kogi, Nasarawa, Adamawa, Taraba, Benue, Anambra, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Cross River, and Rivers should be well prepared to mitigate the impact of the water.
Lagdo, is a reservoir located in the Northern Province of Cameroon, on the Benue River, in the Niger Basin. The lake covers an area of 586 km2.
Data from the National Emergency Agency showed that the release of water from Lagdo Dam in 2022 caused massive flooding in Nigeria which killed 603 persons, displaced 1.4 million, injured 2,400 others, and destroyed 82,035 houses and 332,327 hectares of farmland.
Many states had been ravaged by flooding this year, the latest and worst-hit being Borno whose capital suffered devastating flood that led to loss of lives and displacement of hundreds of thousands of people.