DHA-GENEVA 94/0361
NIGERIA - FLOODS
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
22 SEPTEMBER 1994
1. ON 13 SEPTEMBER, PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS BURST ALAU DAM, 20 KM AWAY FROM BORNO STATE CAPITAL, MAIDUGURI, CAUSING SEVERE FLOODING IN SEVERAL TOWNS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA.
2. IN ADDITION TO BORNO, FLOODING AFFECTED OTHER STATES IN NORTHERN NIGERIA, INCLUDING KEBBI, KADUNA, SOKOTO, KATSINA, KOGI, KWARA, AND PLATEAU, AS WELL AS NEIGHBOURING CAMEROON. SEVERE LANDSLIDE IS REPORTED IN ABIA STATE.
3. LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED AND MADE HOMELESS. AS OF 20 SEPTEMBER, SOME 7 HAVE BEEN REPORTED DEAD. MOST OF EASTERN PART OF MAIDUGURI IS COVERED BY WATER. IN KEBBI, MORE THAN 60,000 FAMILIES WERE MADE HOMELESS. IN LAFIA TOWN IN PLATEAU STATE, DAMAGE TO CROPS AND PROPERTY AMOUNTED TO SEVERAL MILLIONS OF NAIRA.
4. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SENT DELEGATION TO AFFECTED AREAS AND PROMISED SOME ASSISTANCE. TECHNICAL TEAM HAS BEEN ALSO PUT TOGETHER FOR THOROUGH ASSESSMENT. BORNO STATE GOVERNMENT RELEASED ONE MILLION NAIRA (USD 45,455) TO AID FLOOD VICTIMS.
5. NO APPEAL TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT. UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IS VISITING AFFECTED AREAS TO ASSESS DAMAGES AND NEEDS AND WILL PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.
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DHA -GENEVA 94/0379
NIGERIA - FLOODS
DHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO. 2
27 SEPTEMBER 1994
1. FLOODING OF ALAU DAM, CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 12-13 SEPTEMBER, AFFECTED SEVERAL TOWNS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA. LARGE NUMBER O F PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED AND MADE HOMELESS. GOVT REPORTED OVER 400,000 DISPLACED/HOMELESS PERSONS, OF WHICH 180,000 ARE IN IMMEDIATE NEED FOR ACCOMMODATION.
2. MOST SEVERELY AFFECTED IS MAIDUGURI, CAPITAL OF BORNO STATE. IN MAIDUGURI, FLOODS DESTROYED LARGE NUMBER OF MUD HOUSES, WASHING AWAY NEARLY ALL PERSONAL BELONGINGS OF STRICKEN RESIDENTS. PAVED ROADS WERE DESTROYED, CUTTING CRITICAL COMMUNICATION ROUTES. POULTRY AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, FARMLANDS AND PLANTED CROPS WERE SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. DAMAGE IS MOST SERIOUS AMONG POOREST SEGMENT O F MAIDUGURI POPULATION, WHOSE ECONOMIC MEANS HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED. CONTAMINATION OF WATER IS THREATENING HEALTH SITUATION. THERE IS IMMEDIATE SHORTAGE OFSAFE DRINKING WATER.
3. FEDERAL AND STATE GOVTS HAVE PLEDGED FOOD AND SHELTER SUPPORT. GOVT TECHNICAL REVIEW TEAM, LED BY FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (FEPA), IS WORKING ONASSESSMENT REPORT.
4. GOVT HAS APPEALED FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, NOTABLY AT LOCAL LEVEL. URGENT DIRECT HELP IS NEEDED FOR FOOD, SHELTER, CLOTHING, BLANKETS AND MATTRESSES, PURE WATER, MEDICINE, AND WATER-BORNE DISEASES TREATMENT. FEPA IS COORDINATING ASSISTANCE.
5. UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE CONTINUES TO CLOSELY MONITOR SITUATION. ASSESSMENT MISSIONS ARE BEING DISPATCHED TO OTHER AFFECTED AREAS AND WILL PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.
6. FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES, DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM DHA-GENEVA, AS INDICATED BELOW, OF BILATERAL RELIEF MISSIONS/PLEDGES /CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING VALUE BYITEM.
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DHA-GENEVA 94/0449
NIGERIA - FLOODS
DHA SITUATION REPORT NO. 3
1 NOVEMBER 1994
SITUATION
1. CONTINUOUS HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSED YET ANOTHER LANDSLIDE (150 M DEEP AND 2 KM LONG) IN ABIA STATE. IT DESTROYED 250 HOUSES AND MADE 2,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS. ESTIMATED ECONOMIC LOSS IN ABIA STATE SINCE SEPTEMBER AMOUNTS TO USD 66.5 MILLION.
2. GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA ISSUED PRELIMINARY REPORT ON 1994 FLOODING AND FLOOD DAMAGES. IT STRESSED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINS AND SEVERE FLOODS SINCE SEPTEMBER HAVE CAUSED UNPRECEDENTED DAMAGE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA. AFFECTED AREAS INCLUDE STATES OF BORNO, KATSINA, KWARA, ADAMAWA, TARABA, AMAMBRA, EDO, CROSS RIVER,JIGAWA, SOKOTO, KADUNA, NIGER, BAUCHI, BENUE, KEBBI, ABIA, AKWA, IBOM, RIVER, IMO, KANO , KOGI AND PLATEAU.
3. UP TO MID-OCTOBER, DAMAGES TO PROPERTY, INFRASTRUCTURE, FARMLAND, CROPS, AND LIVESTOCK AMOUNT TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH IN BORNO AND KATSINA, USD 30 SOME MILLION EACH IN ADAMAWA, AMAMBRA, AND EDO, USD3 MILLION IN TARABA, AND USD 9 MILLION IN KANO. DAMAGE IN OTHER STATES ARE NOT YET QUANTIFIED.
4. IN BORNO, WHERE DAMAGE WAS THE WORST, THOUSANDS WERE MADE HOMELESS AND 10 DIED IN CAPITAL MAIDUGURI. KWARA WAS HIT BY SEVERE FLOODS SEVERAL TIMES, LEAVING 20,000 PEOPLE DISPLACED, 2 DEAD, AND 20,000 HA OF CROPS, 5,000 HA OF RICE FARMS, AND 2,000 HA OF SUGARCANE PLANTATION DESTROYED. 12 DIED IN ADAMAWA, AND 4 BURIED ALIVE IN SOKOTO. 10,000 PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED IN TARABA, 10,000 PEOPLE IN AMAMBRA, OVER 2,000 PEOPLE IN KADUNA, 300 PEOPLE IN KANO, AND 200 FAMILIES IN IMO.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES
5. KATSINA STATE GOVT RELEASED USD 1.1 MILLION TO TACKLE PROBLEMS AND REHABILITATE VICTIMS. FEDERAL GOVT GAVE FIGAWA STATE GRANT OF USD 2.3 MILLION TO FIGHT FLOOD MENACE.
6. NIGERIAN RED CROSS HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN RELIEF ASSISTANCE IN BORNO STATE. IT HAS OPERATED 24-HOUR FIRST-AID SERVICE. IFRC HAS ISSUED REGION-WIDE APPEAL FOR USD 1.16 MILLION COVERING NIGERIA AND 5 OTHER AFFECTED NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES.
7. DHA IS MAKING AVAILABLE EMERGENCY GRANT OF USD 30,000 TO ASSIST IN GOVERNMENT RELIEF ACTIVITIES.
CONTRIBUTIONS
8. FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO DHA:
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DONOR
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CONTRIBUTIONS
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US DOLLARS
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DHA
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EMERGENCY GRANT
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30,000
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SPAIN
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CASH CONTRIBUTION TO BORNO STATE
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15,500
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UNITED STATES
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CASH CONTRIBUTION
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78,000
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- FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES, PLEASE INFORM DHA-GENEVA IMMEDIATELY AS INDICATED BELOW OF PLEDGES/CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING VALUE.
10. DHA IS PREPARED TO SERVE AS CHANNEL FOR CASH CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE USED DURING IMMEDIATE RELIEF PHASE. FUNDS ARE SPENT IN COORDINATION WITH RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS OF UN SYSTEM, AND DHA PROVIDES DONOR GOVTS WITH WRITTEN CONFIRMATION OF UTILIZATION OF FUNDS CONTRIBUTED.
11. TRANSFER OF FUNDS SHOULD BE MADE TO DHA ACCOUNT NO. CO-590-160.1 AT SWISS BANK CORPORATION. CASE POSTALE 2770, CH-1211- GENEVA 2, WITH FOLLOWING REFERENCE: NIGERIA-FLOODS, DHA GENEVA.
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