Flooding: 300 Houses, Farms Destroyed In Yobe - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
August 10, 2019
At least three-hundred houses and several farmlands have been destroyed by floods in Ngalda, Yobe Dtate. The floods, which followed days of persistent rainfall, also destroyed schools and livestock.
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The Dtate’s Deputy Governor, Idi Gubana, who visitedthe community expressed shock at the level of destruction and promised government’ssupport to the victims.
He said that Governor Mai Mala Buni, who iscurrently in Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage, has directed the State EmergencyManagement Agency SEMA, to provide food, clothes, mattresses and blankets tothe victims.
He assured the victims that government would worktowards finding a permanent solution to the yearly flood in the area.
He added that the Acting Secretary to the StateGovernment will liaise with the Ministry of Environment and SEMA to worktowards relocating people in the affected area to a more secured abode.