Nasarawa plans to relocate communities after deadly floods in Nigeria
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Leadership
Authorities in Nigeria’s Nasarawa State plan to move communities to safer areas after floods killed two people and displaced more than 4,000 residents. Construction of new sites with basic services is due to begin after the rainy season, Ben Akwash, the state emergency management agency’s director, told Leadership.
The government of Nasarawa State in Nigeria plans to relocate communities exposed to flooding to higher ground. More than a week after floods killed two people and displaced over 4,000 residents in 11 communities, some victims still lack sufficient food, clean water and medical supplies, Nigerian daily Leadership reports.
Ben Akwash, director-general of the Nasarawa Emergency Management Agency, said the project would begin in Umasha, in Toto Local Government Area. The planned facilities, led by the Ministry of Environment, are to include basic amenities and storage areas for belongings and food. Work is expected to start after the rainy season, he said.
In the community of Ijiwo, 60-year-old widow Emun Agaba Enah lost her livestock, chickens and farmland. A resident, Ngbede, said 34 other widows had also lost their livelihoods and eight homes had been completely swept away.
Musa Ibrahim Abubakar, the member representing Doma South in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, called for immediate assistance. He warned that a lack of clean water, food and medical supplies could lead to cholera and other waterborne diseases.
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