By Tina Akannam

Dutse —Torrential rainfall has destroyed no fewer than 7,000 houses and over 2,000 farmlands in Jigawa State, rendering thousands of families homeless.

Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Alhaji Yusuf Babura, who disclosed this in an interview in Dutse yesterday, said the victims of the flood were scattered across different camps in the state.

He said no life was lost, adding, however, that a few persons sustained injuries. Babura said the downpour, which lasted for hours, destroyed mud

houses at Musari village in Guri Local Government Area of the state.

He said the state government had assisted the victims of the flood with N4 million, noting that each family was given N20,000.

Babura said the state government was still compiling a list of those who lost their houses and farmlands for further assistance.

He added that the Federal Government observed that the flood disaster was caused by the blockage of drainage and other water ways in the affected areas.