…Over 100 houses destroyed, victims still missing
More than 100 houses and property worth millions of naira have been destroyed by flood which affected five local government areas of Plateau State.
This was due to heavy rain that lasted about four hours at the weekend.
Though no dead body has so far been found, reports from the local government areas including Shendam, Kanam , Wase Barkin Ladi and Jos North indicated that some persons were still missing and many livestock and farmlands washed away. Read more
In the affected area of Jos North Local Government Area, some of the residents were seen removing their property from their submerged houses, while some road paths were still covered by the flood.
Most of the residents remained in their homes hoping that the flood will soon subside.
Confirming the incident, the Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Alhaji Alhasan Barde, said the level of the destruction had not been ascertained.
He said houses were destroyed in Jos North, Barkin Ladi, Kanam and Shendam local government areas and that they were still undertaking on-the-spot assessment of the affected areas.
He advised residents of the state not to build their homes around waterways.
Many of the affected residents in Jos North, who were interviewed said they would prefer to either be resettled in highland or for the waterways to be expanded.
They said that they were wary of foodstuff or monitory assistance because they hardly got to those affected and called for permanent solution to their plight.
“Last year, we heard that the Federal Government gave N500million and also Dangote released some money to the victims.
“Most of us got nothing and that is why we are still where the flood met us last year,” said one of the victims.
FROM Mariam Aleshinloye Agboola Jos
Culled from The Sun newspaper
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