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Abstract
Floods occur naturally, but human activities may contribute to the magnitude of the impact, damage, and losses. Floods are the most common hazard, and they can occur as a result of unusually heavy rainfall, Climate change, tropical cyclone storm surges, dam breaks, quick snow melts, or even broken water mains. The broad objective of the paper is to evaluate the impact of human activities on flooding in Kogi state, and to ascertain the flood disaster management role of the disaster management bodies in the state. The paper adopted the Maslow’s Basic Need theory as its theoretical framework. Both secondary and primary means of data collection. As drawn from the findings, it is evident that human activities such as; building on water channels, indiscriminate dumping of refuse, contributes to flooding in Kogi State. There is a low disaster management by NEMA which is visible in a flood disaster in Kogi State. The paper recommends; legislations should be made to tackle all Human activities that contributes to flooding as a punishable offense by law. As well, the Government should prepare a Flood Emergency Management Plan for Kogi State as a matter of urgency and lastly