 A group of NGOs have called on the federal government to ask a amount of urgency to declare a state of emergency on flooding in the country and also urge the federal government to provide relief materials for victims as well as take proactive steps to forestall future occurrences. Emmanuel Higene completes this report. A group of NGOs have lent their voices to the incidents of flooding in many parts of the country and particularly Kogi State, where 160 communities were submerged underwater with many killed and displaced many and properties worth millions of Naira destroyed. According to the leader of the group, Ene Ubi, these floods are coming amid concerns by the United Nations and the World Bank that 19.4 million Nigerians across 21 states and FCT could face food insecurity starting from August 2022. So I think we're having one of the worst times and in 31 states, that's a huge emergency. How many meetings are going on in the government circles about this emergency now? This is because we're raising, it is an emergency. The attention we pay to life, the dignity of life itself is overwhelming. The group also called on the federal government to act fast by providing relief materials for victims and the states affected as well as take proactive steps to forestall future occurrences. We are dealing with extreme level of deprivation of human physically. We are talking about people not even having places to sleep. We have to lie down because there is no way to lie down. So people have been standing for days and including children and women and including pregnant women. Back then, to make it worse, we are talking of people doing this at least. So it's difficult to use the press conference of this meeting to give you a breakdown of the enormity of what's going on in this year. It's a responsibility not just to the federal government but also the state government and even the local government. We're hearing stories about many communities displaced and no one spoke of this moment to their aid. In number of organizations are already responding. For instance, we said it is doing a couple of things at the moment. We've already responded to a few communities. We've responded to the plan to the communities. We are responding in super cool. We are responding to a few communities as well. But whatever this facility is doing or actually doing or planning or care is doing cannot amount to what if the federal government takes this necessary action. You know, what result to call the country. I think what is important here today, you know, quality is that it's about our humanity. If we are concerned about people like us, we need to take certain actions and we all have a responsibility in this. Over 790,254 have been displaced so far with 600 deaths recorded across the country according to the statistics gathered so far. Rivers, Niger and Benui broke their banks every year from the shedding of excess water from Lakdodam in Cameroon. Leading to severe flooding and Kogi state is usually the worst hit.