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Flood kills 25, destroys N950 million worth of properties in Bauchi

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The Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has disclosed that no fewer than 25 persons have lost their lives while 17 others sustained injuries as a result of flood in the state.

This was disclosed on Wednesday, during a courtesy visit by delegates of the National Emergency Management Agenc (NEMA), led by the director-general, Air Vice Marshal Muhammad A. Muhammed, at the government house, Bauchi.
A statement by the governor, issued by the State Deputy Governor, Senator Baba Tela, said that the flood also destroyed properties, farmlands and houses worth almost N950 million, excluding infrastructural facilities.

He added that over 3,500 houses and over 2,190 farmlands were destroyed by flood in the affected local governments.
“The issue of flood has been an issue of recurrent decimal, not only in the state, but the whole nation. In Bauchi State in particular, out of the 20-local government, almost 16 local governments have been devastated by flood“.

“I have on behalf of the governor, visited 6 local government and have seen the level of flood and this is because of the level of unusual rainfall that have been predicted”.

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“I appreciate the role NEMA and SEMA is playing in mitigating the devastating effects of flood in the country, but the federal government needs to do more through the ministry of humanitarian affairs and National Management Authority to mitigate the effects of flooding.”

“We have distributed substantial part of food that was brought to the state by NEMA, to all the victims in the affected local government, ravaged by flood, but we still need the support of the federal government to continue to do what we are doing.

“We should again, after any prediction of rainfall, be responsive by putting in place all the necessary measures before the rain comes,” Tela said.

The Director General of NEMA, said that the agency was in the state for an advocacy visit to explore areas of addressing and responding to the flooding.

Represented by Director Liaison Services, Bashir Idris Garga, said that Bauchi State is known to be one of the food producers in the country, with the citizens largely engaged in farming activities, pointing out that the annual occurrences of flood have continued to threaten the agricultural potential.

By Emmanuella Ibe…

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