According to the news that was received by the Representative of UNESCO Laureate Prof Sir Bashiru Aremu ,that commended the effort of Mr Amadou Ringbe His Director of External Affairs for UNACCC for his role play on the following development as stated below:
Torrential Downpours Have Destroyed Homes and Devastated Fields, Raising Concerns About Rising Hunger
More than 2.7 million people have been affected by torrential rains that caused severe flooding in Central and East Africa, including 1.7 million people in Chad, one million in Nigeria and more than 230,000 in Cameroon. With hundreds of thousands of homes and fields submerged, Action Against Hunger is calling on funding to enable a swift emergency response to help the region’s most vulnerable populations.
Chad:
The rains in Chad began at the end of July and have not subsided, with widespread impacts across the Lac, Mayo-Kebbi Est, Mandoul, Tandjilé and Batah provinces. The Sila province, which has been welcoming refugees from Sudan’s civil war, is also badly affected. To date, the floods have killed over 500 people and destroyed more than 210,000 houses, 880,000 acres of fields, and nearly 70,000 cattle, posing a severe hunger risk in a country where 3.4 million people are already acutely food insecure.
“The affected populations are facing critical needs for food, drinking water, shelter, health and protection,” said Gusatve Gnagny, Action Against Hunger’s Country Director in Chad. “According to initial estimates, nearly $100 million is needed to bring relief to these stricken populations. So far, barely 10% of this sum has been mobilized.”
Nigeria:
In Nigeria, the floods have severely impacted the states of Borno, Adamawa, Bauchi, Enugu, Jigawa, Kanu, Bayelsa and Yobe, where tens of thousands of people have been left without shelter or food. Before the crisis, more than 32 million people across the country were already facing severe food insecurity. The floods submerged 50% of Borno state’s capital, Maiduguri, affecting 414,000 people.
“The floods have damaged over 300,000 acres of farmland in Nigeria,” said Thierno Samba Diallo, Action Against Hunger’s Country Director in Nigeria. “The damage is likely to exacerbate food insecurity during the current lean season and in the months to come.”
Cameroon
In Cameroon’s Far-North, 236,000 people are affected by flooding and more than 30,000 acres of crops have been destroyed. Fears of waterborne illnesses are growing.
“Certain infrastructure such as bridges and dykes have already collapsed, which will generate massive population displacements. The priority needs are food, shelter and essential household items, as well as access to water, hygiene and sanitation,” said Pascal Maillard, Country Director of Action Against Hunger in Cameroon. “The general mobilization of the humanitarian community and donors is vital; the emergency is here. It is pressing to respond to the current emergency, but also critical to help affected families recover and adapt to climate change in the months and years ahead.”
In Chad, Nigeria, and Cameroon, climatic shocks are becoming increasingly frequent. The recent flooding crisis is devastating farmland and livestock and severely impacting people’s already fragile livelihoods.
I, UNESCO Laureate Prof Sir Bashiru Aremu The Africa Chairman Board of Trustees of Unity of Nations for Climate Change Council Unaccc an official partner of United Nations commend your Mr Amadou Ringbe My Director of External Affairs for Unity of Nations Action for Climate Change Council (UNACCC) for your role that you were play on my behalf for above mentioned information as a good Ambassador
Yours sincerely
UNESCO Laureate Prof Sir Bashiru Aremu The Africa Chairman Board of Trustees of Unity of Nations for Climate Change Council Unaccc an official partner of United Nations and Chairman Board of Trustees of Kings and Queens Medical University College Ghana an official partner of Crown University Int’l Chartered Inc in USA
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