My people, make I yarn you wetin dey sup! The Federal Government don come out with warning wey go touch farmers and pipo wey dey depend on rain. Minister wey dey in charge of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, talk say the rain wey some of us dey see no mean say the rain season don land, oh!
Na for Abuja, the minister carry this gist drop on top public presentation wey dem do for 2026 Seasonal Climate Prediction. Keyamo talk say even though rain don show face for some southern states, e no mean say wetin dem dey call ‘official start’ don begin. Wetin you go hear na make you still dey carry your mind dey prepare properly.
As him sabi the wahala wey dey ground, he advise all those wey dey do rain-fed agriculture and other wetin dey depend on rain to follow wetin dem predict in the SCP document or dey check with NiMet wey get all the weather gist. “Abeg, make una no carry any false joy jump up, o! Follow dem dates wey dem give you for correct info,” na wetin Keyamo yarn be dat.
For him, dey no fit overemphasize wetin di Seasonal Climate Prediction mean to our development as nation, as e go help mitigate disaster and help farmers plan dem work well. He talk say for the past years, dem don dey receive praises from pipo wey use the info wey NiMet dey provide to increase dem farm yield and manage risks better.
“The climate na something wey dey chop our development plans, and we gatz understand am well well,” Keyamo talk. He no forget to remind us say climate change dey happen all over di world and e dey affect food security, aviation safety, na even our infrastructure. “Weather dey change like palliative for video game! If government no open eye to dis matter, we go just dey pay for am for our pocket,” he add.
Na so Keyamo talk am, say for 2026, di seasonal prediction dey take global best practices, using weather data, long-term climate info, all these koko global climate palavas. “Na dem indicators like di El Niño and di Indian Ocean Dipole dey guide us; we dem observe get neutral ENSO phase, so we gatz dey prepare for how rain go distribute,” he conclude, wey mean say we still gatz chill and plan well well.
No forget say di Director-General for NiMet, Charles Anosike, also dey ground, talk say dem dey serious about providing quality climate data wey fit help Nigeria manage our resources better and protect our livelihood. E emphasize say as di weather dey change, timely information don turn to must-have for us to survive hustle.
NiMet don even carry technology enter di matter, including Artificial Intelligence, to boost how dem dey forecast. “We don create team wey dey form the forefront for integrating AI into our work, so you fit trust say we dey on top our game,” Anosike yarn.
In short, my people, make we no dey slack, make we dey follow di advice wey dem dey give us, read well, and prepare for any weather wey come our way. E no go good if we miss the train because we no hear right info! So, ready your player and no dey joke for dis rainy matter, abeg!
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