By Citizenship Daily, in Bauchi
A heavy downpour has affected many houses, farmlands at the Cheledi community in Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
Many residents of the area said more than 100 households and many farmlands were destroyed by the floods.
The Acting Chairman of Kirfi Local Government area, Alhaji Bala Muhammed Duguri confirmed the incidents to reporters in Bauchi,
He said no life was lost in the disaster, but that the problem was a threat to Cheledi and Kirfi communities and urged the victims to take it as an act of God.
Duguri, who is also the Head of administration in the Local Government, appealed to the State Federal Government to come to the aid of the affected communities.
“Because many of them are in most difficult situations, with no food, no clothes and no shelter, many went to their relatives’ houses while others stayed temporarily in primary schools”.
The Coordinator of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Abubakar Umar Gabarin said the state government would conduct a damage assessment exercise to provide emergency intervention to mitigate the sufferings of the victims.
He said the Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency SEMA will assess the damages in order to know the actual number of people involved, houses and farmlands.
Gabarin said the team of experts who are Engineers from Ministries of Water Resources, Works, lands and survey, SEMA officials and North East Development Commission will visit the area with a view to assess the problem and proper lasting solution.
He said from the report we have the flood came from outside the town probably , the experts may divert the way the route the water used to follow to enter the town.
Some residents of Kirfi urged the Government to relocate them.from the area because the flood occurred annually for the last five years.
