By Tina Akannam

Dutse—NO fewer than 23 persons lost their lives, while thousands of houses and farmlands were destroyed in the recent flood disasters that ravaged Jigawa State, Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Alhaji Muhammad Sidi, has disclosed.

Alhaji SidACi disclosed this during a condolence visit to Governor Sule Lamido at the government house in Dutse. He said NEMA was in Jigawa State to commiserate with the people of the state over the flood disasters that claimed mACore than 23 lives and destroyed several houses.

He said the agency was working round the clock with the state government to explore long term solutions to flood disaster in the state. During the visit, the agency donated 12,200 bags of cement, 400 bags of rice, 170 women wrappers, 100 bundles of roofing sheets, and 10 bags of millet, maize, corn, 50 cartons of detergent, 30 cartons of milk and bed sheets and mattresses, among others.

In his response, Governor Lamido thanked the agency for its response to the disaster and urged it to work out strategy that will curtail flood disasters in the country.

…as Commissioner, Reps donate to victims in Borno

By Ndahi Marama

MAIDUGURI— BORNO State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Mr. Inuwa Bwala, has embarked on the construction of mosques and two rooms each for the 50 victims whose houses were destroyed last week by flood in Tashan-Alade community of Hawul Local Government Area in the state.

Mr. Bwala, who paid a visit to the riverine community, yesterday, to sympathise with the flood victims, said government is “service to the people,” and that he decided to pay them the visit to identify with them over the flood disaster.

The commissioner said the project would cost him about N9.2 million, stressing that this gesture was done from his personal donation as, according to him, shelter is life.

It will be recalled that some top government officials, which include the Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Alhaji Usman Durkwa; member House of Representatives for Hawul and Askira-Uba Federal constituency, Mr. Abdul Msheliza and the House of Assembly member, Mr. Ayuba Wakawa, had, before the Bwala’s intervention, visited the affected community and collectively donated food items worth N1 million.