EKO HOT BLOG reports that Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said that the death toll from the floods in the state has risen to 60 as residents continue to recover from the havoc wreaked by the menace.
It also said that 16 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps have been established to take care of those displaced by the flood.
The Executive Secretary of the agency, Alhaji Yusuf Sani Babura stated this in a chat with reporters in Dutse, the state capital. He said: “As of last week, 50 people have been confirmed dead. This week, six people were also confirmed dead; bringing the total to 56 who lost their lives in the flood disaster.”
He also said: “I also heard that a local canoe capsized and four people died in the incident, though we are yet to receive an official report on the occurrence.” He said the agency has 11 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Jigawa (Hadejia area) two in Miga, two in Dutse and one in Birninkudu local government areas.
The executive secretary, who stated that the agency is running all its operations on credit, said: “This is an emergency we cannot wait for long processes before we reach victims of the disaster.” Alhaji Babura maintained that “all that we are doing is on credit. The state government is yet to release any money. But we do not doubt that the government will settle it when we submitted.”
He added that the agency has made a proposal to assist the families of the victims of the deceased as a result of a flood, the canoe capsized and collapsed buildings, but the governor is yet to approve it.
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