According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Bello disclosed this in an interview in Bauchi yesterday. He said state assessment team, that visited the affected areas, confirmed the death of a nine-year-old girl at Shekal ward in the state capital.
Bello said plans were under way to assist the victims with food and other essential items. According to him, SEMA had 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 waterways. 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.’’
Heavy rainfall in the last one week had caused flood, submerged 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.
Source: The Sun
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