By Khaleel Muhammad Jigawa State Government has appealed to the Federal Government, donor agencies and individuals to come to the ai...
By Khaleel Muhammad
Jigawa State Government has appealed to the Federal
Government, donor agencies and individuals to come to the aid of the flood
victims.
Executive Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency,
SEMA, Yusuf Sani Babura made the call while speaking to newsmen at Warwade IDP
camp in Dutse Local Government.
He said the flooding occurred as a result of three days of
persistent downpour, which resulted in the submerging of many villages across
all the twenty-seven local governments of the State.
He explained that the State Government had presently
established thirteen internally displaced persons’ camps for the displaced
victims.
“So presently, we have thirteen IDP camps in different local
governments and we are responsible for their feeding, education, health, and
all other necessary needs.
“And we will not return them to their villages until the
water subsides. We will assist them with building materials to construct their
houses and food to start with.
“In the Warwade IDP camp alone, we have about three thousand
persons and we are still evacuating the victims from their villages into the
other camps.
“Many people died, many were injured, thousands of houses collapsed, roads were cut-off and farmlands were washed away.
“We are still accessing the damages caused by the flood all
over the State to ascertain the number of the victims and damages,” he said.
He appealed to the Federal Government, organizations,
individuals, and donor agencies to come to the aid of the affected victims.
“We have to seek assistance from organizations, donor
agencies, individuals, NEMA, refugees commission, presidential committee on
flood, to as a matter of urgency, assist the victims as the situation is beyond
our control”, he said.
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