Bauchi – Flooding recorded in the first
week of August, has claimed one life and
damaged no fewer than 14 houses in
Bauchi metropolis, an official has said.
Malam Inuwa Bello, the Head of
Emergency Operations, Bauchi State
Emergency Management Agency (SEMA),
made this known in an interview in
Bauchi on Thursday.
He said that state assessment team who
visited the affected areas, confirmed the
death of a nine-year-old girl at Shekal
ward in the state capital.
Bello said that plans were under way to
assist the victims with food and other
essential items.
According to him, the SEMA has also
intensified its sensitisation campaign on
appropriate measures to be taken by
residents to avert disaster.
He, however, expressed regret that in
spite of all enlightenment efforts, some
people still blocked culverts with garbage
and built structures on water ways.
Commenting on the issue the state
Commissioner for Information, Mr
Mohammed Damina, said the ministry
had also intensified its sensitisation
campaign.
“We have adopted several awareness
creation strategies to draw the attention
of the people on the need to take
proactive measures to avert a recurrence
of the flood disasters.’’
NAN recalls that heavy rainfall in the last
one week, caused flooding, submerging
some houses and roads in the state
capital.
Areas worst affected by the flood were
Fadaman Mada, Yelwa, Gwallaga, GRA,
Palace Road and Shekal, among others.
Those rendered homeless are currently
squatting with friends and relations.
The Federal Ministry of Environment had
issued an alert, warning that heavy rainfall
could be witnessed in some states,
namely Taraba, Adamawa, Kaduna,
Sokoto, Kano, Zamfara, Kebbi, Bauchi,
Katsina, Borno, Yobe, Gombe and Benue
(NAN)
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