at the namibian capital windhoek , suleiman adamu, nigeria's minister of water resources. and in abuja, david arinze. a warm welcome to both of you. just a note, we did invite one from the cameroon government to join us on the show but they declined. david, i want to start with you first of all. can you give us a bit of an idea of how bad the flooding is? david: thank you so much for having me on the show. however, it is not a pleasant experience for those who are currently in nigeria and who are experiencing the impact of the flood first and. i will say, i am in abuja. abuja has suffered for the past couple of weeks as a result of the flooding. you go back some kilometers away from abuja, you have several trucks with produce, livestock that are also stuck on the road. the flood has impacted significantly the transportation of goods and people from one place to another. we can also talk about the number of lives and property and houses that have been lost. the last report i read, over hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, and tens of thousands of people have