By Salisu K Ismail
Non governmental organizations have decried on the way they are lacking data from the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to support the affected victims of flood disaster in Jigawa state.
It's recalled that, Jigawa, has been one of the most affected state by flooding since August 2022 due to heavy rainfall, which has resulted to death of nearly 100 people, washed away farmlands, rendered many homeless, disconnected several communities and damaged schools, Bridges and made livelihoods more difficult to affected citizens in the state.
The donors, ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) and Baba Azimi Foundation (BAF) expressed the dismay while interacting with newsmen in Dutse, the state capital shortly after completing the distribution of emergency rapid response to 1,200 flood affected households in the state.
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| Barrister Aisha Sulaiman (centre), Mr Anicetus Atakpu (right) |
Responding to questions, Mr Anicetus Atakpu, the Resilience Coordinator, ActionAid Nigeria, says prior to this time, they have been contacting the office of the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to look for data of the affected people of which to be use to support the victims in the state but were unable to secured the needed information.
"The data when collected will be use for the good purpose of assisting those that are in need of support in the affected communities," he highlighted.
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| Some relief items, to be distributed |
Notwithstanding, Mr Atakpu explained that, Within the last one week, ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has been collaborating with her Jigawa Local Rights Partner, Baba Azimi Foundation, with funding from STARTFUND to give out support of Cash for Food of N20,000 to 1000 households, Distribution of non-food items to 1,200 households and dignity kits to 500 lactating and pregnant women in 3 local government areas of Miga, Gwiwa and Kaugama.
On her part, the Executive Director, Baba Azimi Foundation, Barrister Aisha Sulaiman said that, from the three local government areas above, that the organization is operating, 6 communities of Sabara, Nasarawa, Kainawa, Komai-Allah, Duwigi and Rankwata-Sale were selected.
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| AAN/BAF Personnel and beneficiaries at payment desks at a field |
She added that, considering the estimated number of over 70,000 households affected by the floods this year across varied locations in the state, a lot need to be done to lesser the hardship of the affected victims.
On the other hand, the District Head of Gwiwa represented by Alhaji Gudaji Tafida while witnessing the distribution of the relief items in Duwigi town, thanks Baba Azumi Foundation and ActionAid Nigeria for the gestures and appealed to government and other donor organizations to come to the aid of the floods victims in the state.
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| Relief materials while offloading from a vehicle in Duwigi village, Gwiwa LGA |
Also, The Chairman, Gwiwa local government represented by Wash Coordinator in the area, Mr Mansur Ibrahim said they recorded three death in this year's flood which has affected over seven thousands houses in about 20 villages in the area.
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