Newly released figures from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have shown the human cost of the 2025 flooding season.
A total of 165 people have been confirmed dead, 82 others remain missing, and 119,791 residents have been affected by flood-related disasters across 19 states.
NEMA’s latest figures released on Friday also detail the scale of displacement and destruction.
NEMA’s situation report partly reads, “138 persons sustained various degrees of injuries, 43,936 were displaced, 8,594 houses were affected, and 8,278 farmlands were destroyed across 43 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 19 States.”
The report reveals that children and women make up the majority of victims.
According to the data, “53,314 children, 36,573 women, 24,600 men, 5,304 elderly, and 1,863 disabled persons have so far been affected by this year’s flood. The states with the highest number of affected persons are Imo, Rivers, Abia, Borno, and Kaduna States.”
The 19 states affected are Abia, FCT, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Borno, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Ondo, Rivers, and Sokoto states.
