Flood: 20 died, 50,000 houses, farmlands destroyed in Jigawa

His words; “Annual flood has destroyed 50,000 houses while farmlands were submerged crops include maize, millet, guinea corn and rice perished in most of the LGA’s of the state as a result of a heavy downpour occurred last week”.

According to the Executive Secretary, the state government has directed the agency to as a matter of urgency provide relief materials to the affects communities. “the affected victims temporarily relocated to various schools, mosques and relatives houses.”

He explained that relief materials were provided to the victims which include assorted food items, medicine, beddings, canoes and temporary shelter, stated further government is doing it’s best to avert the situation to other parts of the state.

Meanwhile, Governor Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa state has expressed deep concern over the devastating flood that ravaged some parts of the state resulting in the death of scores of people with thousands of houses and farmlands destroyed.