The Presidential Committee on Abuja Tremor yesterday said Nigeria is now prone to seismic hazards, which make earthquake occurrence a potential disaster to the country.
Chairman of the Committee and Director General of National Space Research and Development Agency (NARSDA) Prof Seidu Mohammed disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, when the committee submitted the report of their findings to the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu.
“Nigeria is now prone to seismic hazards following recent earthquake occurrences in Kwoi, Kaduna State, Saki, Oyo State and Ibgogene in Bayelsa State all in 2016. The latest occurred on September 7, 2018 in Mpape, Abuja”, Prof Mohammed said.
He said though “these earthquakes may have been of low-magnitude, it is now certain that earthquake occurrence has become a potential hazard to the nation’’.
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