The lawmaker representing Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar South Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Rt. Hon. Joseph Bassey has called on the Federal Government to urgently release intervention funds.

Hon. Bassey, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Disaster and Emergency Preparedness, recalled that the Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, had revealed during the unveiling of the 2025 Annual Flood Outlook by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency in Abuja that Nigeria is bracing for severe flooding expected to affect 1,249 communities across 30 states and the Federal Capital Territory between April and November 2025.

According to Bassey, the timely release of the intervention funds will help in reducing the effect of disaster across the country.

He said that some states have started witnessing massive flooding, windstorm and wide shallow erosion occasioned by heavy rainfall across the country.

He added that the