Flooding displaces more than 2 million people in Nigeria - CNN.com

I find this a remakable piece of reporting, I can only wonder at a flood that floods 240 Acres and yet displaces 2 million people. Which of these statistics is exaggerated I can only wonder

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Originally Posted by paraclete

Which of these statistics is exaggerated I can only wonder

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Hello clete:

Having read the article, I don't see ANY distortion... This is what is says: "... the flooding has left 97 hectares (about 240 acres) of farm land waterlogged and has caused 4.5 billion naira ($29 million) in damages, Kyari said."

The keyword above is LEFT. It doesn't say how many acres were originally flooded.

excon

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Originally Posted by excon

Hello clete:

Having read the article, I don't see ANY distortion... This is what is says: "...the flooding has left 97 hectares (about 240 acres) of farm land waterlogged and has caused 4.5 billion naira ($29 million) in damages, Kyari said."

The keyword above is LEFT. It doesn't say how many acres were originally flooded.

excon

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Ex it is usual for land that has been flooded to be water logged so the article provides a distroted picture of the extent of the flooding

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Originally Posted by paraclete

ex it is usual for land that has been flooded to be water logged so the article provides a distroted picture of the extent of the flooding

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Hello again, clete:

Ok. The press distorts a lot of stuff. What's your point?

excon

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Originally Posted by excon

Hello again, clete:

Ok. The press distorts a lot of stuff. What's your point?

excon

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I just found the disparity interesting.

The press appears to be a little late on reporting this. I don't know if this is mismanagement as is claimed ;or if the country's leaders were forced to make a draconian decision to release the water from the dams or risk an even greater calamity .

There is just not enough in the article to evaluate .
I know this comes at a time of interesting political times in
Nigeria . I am aware of a north south divide in the country and
President Goodluck Jonathan is not universally loved. Elections are due soon .

Beyond that I am aware that the Niger Delta is the source of tremendous wealth if it could be used effectively to better the nation.

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