Over 15 states in Nigeria are battling excessive flooding, with National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) estimating that more than 600,000 persons have been displaced while over 637,000 hectares of cropland are submerged. The crisis has been attributed to the release of excess water from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon, which cascaded into Nigeria through River Benue and its tributaries, thereby inundating communities. In our view, the ongoing challenge Is a downside risk to agric GDP growth and upside risk to inflation.
In this report, we assessed the impact of the flooding on agric GDP and inflation, as well as the likely vulnerability of FMCGs.
