The Federal Government has received a donation of $249m (N109.3bn) to tackle the flood which has ravaged many states in the country.
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This was disclosed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mahmood Abubakar, at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.
According to Abubakar, the African Development Bank (AfDB) donated $244m and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) donated $5m to the federal government to tackle the flood and increase food production in the country.
In response to the flood, government has begun the construction of mini-earth dams to reduce the mitigation of the impact of flood disasters in Nigeria.
The minister added that the government is currently restocking the country’s strategic food reserves with 200,000 metric tonnes of assorted commodities.
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He said the devastating impact, damage, and loss of lives and property due to floods were becoming an annual event in many parts of Nigeria.
Abubakar said, “to guide its interventions, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with relevant ministries and agencies carried out the 2022 wet season Agricultural Performance Survey across the country.”
