The recently flood that ravaged some communities in Kafanchan and some other villages in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, has been reported to have swept away two children and displaced over a thousand citizens.
Vice Chairman of Jema’a LGA, Mrs Christy Usman disclosed this when she reviewed the Kaduna State Impact Assessment Committee on Flood on tour of affected communities in Southern Kaduna
She said the flood incidents which occurred in parts of Kafanchan Municipal City, Jagindi, Atuku, Aso and Bade wards also washed away farmlands destroying crops worth millions of naira.
Briefing journalists after visit to the affected communities in Sanga, Jema’a and Kachia local government areas, Chairman of the Committee and Chief of Staff to the Governor, Malam Sani Liman Kila said thousands of people need immediate assistance.
The Chief of Staff said the flood affected a bridge in Agom, Sanga Local Government area, cutting off five communities, just as the flood caused some houses to collapse in Nandu.
The Committee Chairman also noted that, the recurrence flood over the years had cause a deep gully which requires urgent attention in Kafannchan.
Kila said the Committee has identified narrow bridges, indiscriminate dumping of refuse and erection of illegal structures on waterways as one of the major causes of flood.
While assuring that, his committee will make appropriate recommendations to Governor Uba Sani after its assignment, Kila called on the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to compliment efforts of the State Government, by providing relief materials to victims of the flood disaster.
