The Android app which is
now available on the Google Play Store is a joint project of the Federal
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the International Water
Management Institute (IWMI).
An app that forecasts
floods along the Rivers Niger and Benue has been launched by the federal
government of Nigeria – it is referred to as the “Wetin App”.
Speaking on the innovation,
the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Shehu Ahmed, said
Nigeria sought the help of the international agency to develop the application
following the devastating flood of 2012 which led to huge destruction of farms,
houses and human lives.
He said Nigeria is turning
that bitter experience into a blessing by looking at various ways farmers and
government could take advantage of the technology.
In his remark, the Regional
Director for Africa at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI),
Professor Timothy Olalekan Williams, said the application was developed using
data from the Nigerian Hydrological Service Agency, the Nigerian Meteorological
Agency and satellite data.
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