Thursday, August 15, 2024 –The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has confirmed four persons dead in recent flood disaster in the state.
The flood also destroyed houses, submerged
farmlands and washed away some sections of the Kano-Maiduguri expressway.
Mr Masud Aliyu, the Director-General of the
agency, confirmed this on Wednesday in Bauchi.
He said the flood affected Shira, Giade and
Katagum Local Government Areas of the state, following torrential rains in the
past days.
“The flood left thousands homeless,
submerged farmlands and cut-off roads,
“The affected roads Include Giade-Isawa, and
Kano-Maiduguri expressway,” he said.
Aliyu said the state government had
mobilised contractors to repair the failed sections of the roads, to provide an
alternative route for road users.
He, therefore, urged the people to heed to
the warnings by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) about impending flood
disaster.
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