By Muhammad Salisu
At least 24 people were confirmed dead due to flood disaster that ravaged many part of Jigawa state.
This was confirmed by the Jigawa state governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar this Tuesday while fielding questions from journalists in his office.
The governor stated that, Many of the victims lost their lives as a result of building collapse caused by the heavy rainfalls in recent time in the affected areas in the state.
Badaru explained that, so far over 51 thousands house were reported destroyed by the high speeding flood that washed away yet to be estimated farm products and took over the farmlands space.
On the issue of salvaging the flood prone area communities, the governor said, " we're still busy, trying to find out those communities that are at high risk for relocation to a safer places."
"For the past 6 month, we've being erecting some embarkments in order to protect most of the villages that flood normally ravages them with the help of contractors in the state both local and alien who supported us with their equipments for free," Badaru expressed.
However, the governor also sympasized with the affected victims and the family of those who lost life as a result of this year's flooding, saying that, government would do it's best to assist them.
Reports says, the flood disaster which is happening almost every year in Jigawa state continue to ravage villages and towns that are either close to or are in the river ways as the state is still experiencing heavy rainfalls in this raining time.
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