Day time temperature is likely to be above normal across the country this year, leading to losses of agricultural production, the Federal Government stated on Thursday. It disclosed this in a report titled, “2023 Climate-Related Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Strategies for Nigeria,” put together and released in Abuja by the National Emergency Management Agency. Later than normal onset dates are expected over parts of northern states.”It added, “Below normal rainfall is predicted over some places in the extreme North. Day time temperature is likely to be above normal all over the country. He highlighted excerpts from the SCP, which predicted rainfall onset to be earlier than the long term average in most parts of the country.

Source: Punch April 15, 2023 01:33 UTC