Flood disaster in Nigeria is an annual rituals and at the end of the flood lot of lost were experienced. Farmers who suffered the consequences will have a lot to tell and those who lost their homes and property will be in better position to discuss the effect of such disaster. The immediate impacts of flooding include loss of human life, damage to property, destruction of crops, loss of livestock, non-functioning of infrastructure facilities and deterioration of health condition owing to waterborne diseases. There’s need to review the pathetic stories of flood disaster and cry to the Federal government to start working on how to contain the flood in Nigeria. This is the appropriate time to think outside the box. We should not wait for reoccurence of another one. Generally speaking the source of over flow of water is traced to the negligence of Nigeria Government to construct their dam after Cameroon constructed 
theirs.Flooding was exacerbated on 13 September with the perennial release of water from the Lagdo Dam in neighbouring Cameroon. Excess water released from the dam cascades down River Benue and its tributaries, flooding communities in the states of Kogi, Benue as well as other states in the northeast. When Lagdo Dam was constructed in 1982, there was an agreement by Nigerian authorities to build a second, twin dam in Adamawa State to contain the overflows. Known as the Dasin Hausa Dam project, but was never built by Nigerian government. It should have being a partnership arrangement between Nigeria and Cameroon government to contain excess flow of water. As usual we politize issues in Nigeria. Cameron had no choice but construct theirs and 
Nigeria was at the receiving end when flood occurs.Flooding was exacerbated on 13 September with the perennial release of water from the Lagdo Dam in neighbouring Cameroon. Excess water released from the dam cascades down River Benue and its tributaries, flooding communities in the states of Kogi, Benue as well as other states in the northeast. Over two million people have been affected by the flooding.As of October, over 600 people have been killed and over 2,400 have been injured. By August there had been 372 deaths. A number of state government suffers the effect of 2022.flood.Flooding has also destroyed an estimated 110,000 hectares of agricultural land. Additionally, supplies of fuel have been disrupted by the floods. During the crisis, prices of food have been inflated by 23%. While Nigeria regularly experiences seasonal flooding, the floods of 2022 have been the worst since the 2012 Nigeria floods. Flooding began in early summer and has affected 33 of Nigeria’s 36 states. States like kogi, Anambra, Benue, Ebony, Delta, Bayesal can give you the data of communities affected by flood.The flood has come and gone and no body is talking about it. This is how we remain silent till another one come again. It is against this background l humbly wish to draw the attention of States affected and Nigerian government to this unacceptable annual rituals of losing life and property through flooding. The Federal Government through it appropriate agencies should conduct social analysis on what led to the flood, areas covered by the flood in affected states and come up with strategies towards generating solutions. If the construction of more dams will solve the problem, Federal government should not hesitate to make appropriate provisions in their annual budget to that effect and contract awarded to commence the construction of the dams. The States should also come up with alternative housing facilities to those affected by the flood
this year. There may be the need to open more accessible roads to serve as alternative roads should flood reoccur again
Communities in areas easily affected can be relocated to areas that is not accessible to flood. Some of the roads that were completely damaged by the flood should be reconstructed to ease traffic and movement of goods and services. We should wake up and avoid politizing every issues of concern. Flood disaster is not a good measure of economic development of a nation and until appropriate measure of controlling it is put in place, we may still experience same or worst of it will reoccur with higher dimension in year’s to come.
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