2022 Flood Killed 600 People, Displaced 1.3 Million Others - Unicef THISDAYLIVE: Nigeria
Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Enugu, Mrs. Juliet Chiluwe, said this occurred in 34 out of the 36 states in the country, between September and October.
She said:"We acknowledged that since September 2022, the worst floods in a decade affected 2.8 million people, of which an estimated 60 per cent are children, across 34 of the 36 states in Nigeria. Of those affected, 1.3 million people have been displaced, and over 600 people have died in relation to flooding, according to government data.
At the occasion, UNICEF officials handed over 100 drums of chlorine for disinfection of water sources, 40 cartons of Aquatabs for household water treatment, and 320 cartons of Ready to Use Therapeutic food to the Anambra State government.
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