Famine alert: FG releases list of states, communities to experience drought in 2021

The federal government on Tuesday, February 2, warned that some states in the northern part of the country may experience a brief spell of drought between June and July 2021 due to weather change.

Speaking in Abuja at the 2021 Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP), minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the disclosure on the severe dry spells.

He urged farmers to embark on "soil-moisture conservation techniques" to reduce chances of crop failure during the period, Daily Sun reports.

While maintaining that climate change may bring big damage to farming and other ventures, and also cause famine, Sirika tasked the states to adhere to the forecast by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) in order to prevent bad consequences.

He gave the states as: Kebbi Sokoto Zamfara Katsina Yobe Borno He gave the local government areas and communities to be affected as:

Shinkafi
Birnin Magaji
Maradun Zurmi
Zamfara
Kaita
Mashi
Mai’Adua
Katsina
Dutsi
Daura
Baure
Zango
Katsina
Gwiwa
Arewa Dandi
Birnin Kebbi
Argungu
Augie Kebbi
Illela
Gada
Tangaza
Gudu
Sabon Birni
Sokoto
Yankwashi
Gumel
Birniwa
Sule-Tankarkar
Guri
Kiri Kasama
Jigawa
Machina
Nguru
Yusufari
Yunusari
Karasuwa
Barde
Jakusko
Geidam
Yobe and Abadam
Mobbar
Kukawa
Guzamala
Gubio
Nganzai
Monguno Borno state