The Kano State Emergency Management Agency (KASEMA), has confirmed that four persons have died and over 5,200 houses destroyed, due to flooding in Rogo and Dambatta Local Government Areas of the state.
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Sale Jili, the executive secretary of the agency, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Kano.
The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) had predicted flooding occasioned by heavy rainfall in 20 local government areas of the state.
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Jili disclosed that two persons lost their lives and 200 houses destroyed in Rogo, while the two others died and over 5,000 houses destroyed by flood in Danbatta.
“We deployed assessment teams to the affected areas. We also visited Rogo and Danbatta to sympathise with the victims over the disaster.
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“There are reports of flooding in the 44 LGAs of the state due to heavy rainfall this season,” he also said.
According to him, people displaced as a result of the incidents are currently taking shelter with family members.
He added that the agency has distributed relief items worth N3.5 million to the affected persons, to alleviate their sufferings.
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He listed the items to include: bags of cement, food items, roofing sheets, blankets, mattresses, toiletries, among others.
The secretary urged residents to clear their drains and desist from indiscriminate dumping of waste on water ways, in order to be able to control flooding in the state.
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