Comparative Analysis of the Determinants and Extent of Flood Disaster in Ozahi and Mozum Ose Communities in Kogi State, Nigeria
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Flood, Mozum Ose, Ozahi, Household, Communities.Abstract
The study assessed the determinants and extent of flood in Ozahi and Mozum Ose communities in Kogi state. The study made use of primary and secondary data. The primary source of data was gotten from structured questionnaire, key informant interview while the secondary data was collected from Red Cross annual publications. Purposive sampling technique was adopted to select Ozahi and Mozum Ose communities which were beneficiaries of the pilot implementation of Red Cross and CRAterre collaboration for Early Recovery Shelter Intervention. Then, simple random sampling technique was adopted to select the exact household where the 400 copies of questionnaire determined by Taro Yamane sample size determination formula was administered. Data obtained from questionnaires, was presented in tables, frequency count, simple percentages and charts. The result revealed that several factors were responsible for flood in Mozum Ose. In particular, respondents were of the opinion that dam breakage, building on flood plains and excessive rainfall are the major causes of flood in the study area as these items attracted the highest mean response of 4.21, 3.85 and 3.79 respectively. The major causes of flood in Ozahi are excessive rainfall, indiscriminate refuse disposal on drainage channels and building on floodplains as revealed by the highest mean of 4.43, 4.30 and 3.61 respectively. In order to establish extent of flood in the study areas, the year 2012 had the highest percentage increase in waterbody area coverage with an increase of 21.30% while other land area was on the decrease with a percentage decrease of 3.06% (2012), 0.49% (2022) and 0.40% (2015). On the other hand, in Ozahi community, the year 2012 experienced the highest increase of 70.18% while the year 2015 and 2022 observed a decrease of waterbody by 18.76% and 25.26% respectively. The study therefore recommends dredging and re-dredging of river channel and stream and there should be a government framework to regularly monitor river increase.
Keywords: Flood, Mozum Ose, Ozahi, Household, Communities
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