{"id":171517,"date":"2025-07-28T12:09:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/yola-flood-adamawa-government-denies-insensitivity"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:18:20","slug":"yola-flood-adamawa-government-denies-insensitivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yola-flood-adamawa-government-denies-insensitivity","title":{"rendered":"Yola Flood: Adamawa Government Denies Insensitivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Adamawa State Government has refuted allegations of improper handling of Sunday\u2019s flood that claimed lives and damaged property in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The flood, which affected communities in the state capital, Yola, led to the death of a number of people now put at five, with several other injured, in Yola South Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>Some people, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, had blamed the devastation on the state government, questioning prevention and mitigation measures put in place by the government.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri\u2019s Chief Press Secretary, Humwashi Wonosikou, the government countered claims, including one made by Atiku, that it was unprepared for the flood and was inactive when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The government highlighted its investments in flood mitigation infrastructure, including storm drains and waterways, aimed at reducing the state\u2019s vulnerability to flooding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe take exception to any insinuation that the Fintiri administration neglected the people,\u201d the statement said, mentioning how the state Deputy Governor, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta, immediately mobilised relevant agencies, including marine police, to affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>The government added that the Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency was quick in delivering urgent relief materials, especially to displaced families.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Adamawa State Government has refuted allegations of improper handling of Sunday\u2019s flood that claimed lives and damaged property in the state. The flood, which affected communities in the state capital, Yola, led to the death of a number of people now put at five, with several other injured, in Yola South [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1092,316,722,254],"class_list":["post-171517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-adamawa","tag-atiku","tag-flood","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yola Flood: Adamawa Government Denies Insensitivity - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Adamawa State Government has refuted allegations of improper handling of Sunday\u2019s flood that claimed lives and damag ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yola-flood-adamawa-government-denies-insensitivity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yola Flood: Adamawa Government Denies Insensitivity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Adamawa State Government has refuted allegations of improper handling of Sunday\u2019s flood that claimed lives and damag ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yola-flood-adamawa-government-denies-insensitivity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-28T11:09:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-28T12:18:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753692620.823344.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yola-flood-adamawa-government-denies-insensitivity#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yola-flood-adamawa-government-denies-insensitivity\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Yola Flood: Adamawa Government Denies Insensitivity\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-28T11:09:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-28T12:18:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yola-flood-adamawa-government-denies-insensitivity\"},\"wordCount\":217,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yola-flood-adamawa-government-denies-insensitivity#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753692620.823344.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Adamawa\",\"Atiku\",\"flood\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yola-flood-adamawa-government-denies-insensitivity#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yola-flood-adamawa-government-denies-insensitivity\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/yola-flood-adamawa-government-denies-insensitivity\",\"name\":\"Yola Flood: Adamawa Government Denies Insensitivity - 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