The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has met with the Nigerian Armed Forces, United Nations agencies and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) over looming floods in parts of the country.

The agency advised governments of 11 states, including Rivers, Anambra, Adamawa and Benue, to ensure that the residents of flood plains were quickly relocated to safe grounds.

Other states that the agency said would be hit by floods in the coming days are Taraba, Nasarawa, Kogi, Enugu, Edo, Delta and Bayelsa.

NEMA Director-General Mustapha Ahmed said it was necessary for relevant stakeholders to prepare ahead because, water from the Lagdo Dam, if released by Cameroonian authorities, would compound the flood situation in Nigeria.