The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has expressed concern over the situations of about 40 thousand displaced persons affected by flood in Rann, Kalabalge Local Government Area of Borno state.
United Nations office in a statement in Maiduguri, said the affected persons including women and children lacked access to food and basic services due to floods which submerged Rann, Kala-balge Local Government Area headquarters, and its environs on November 7th.
It also attributed the flood to the release of excess water from Kaalia River, neighbouring Cameroon, in the statement signed by its Head of Communication Eve Sabbagh.
It said that the flood damaged an estimated 4 thousand hectares of farmlands and destroyed crops, which Internally Displaced Persons in Rann mainly depended on for food.
The UN agency lamented that the area
was difficult to access for humanitarian assistance due to the high level of
insecurity and dilapidated road.
