{"id":99158,"date":"2022-09-12T09:30:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T08:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99158"},"modified":"2022-09-12T09:30:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T08:30:40","slug":"flood-kills-3-damages-1453-houses-in-2-bauchi-lgas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/flood-kills-3-damages-1453-houses-in-2-bauchi-lgas\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood Kills 3, Damages 1,453 Houses In 2 Bauchi LGAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Ibrahim Kabir, Director-General Bauchi State Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA) has confirmed the death of 3 persons by flood which damaged 1,453 houses and several farmlands in Zaki and Gamawa local government areas.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kabir stated this while briefing Governor Bala Mohammed when he paid a sympathy visit to the affected communities in Zaki local government area.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said after assessment of the damage caused by heavy downpour on Wednesday, it was found to have killed 3 persons, damaged 1,453 houses and unquantified farmlands in the two LGAs.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the flood also cut off roads linking the two local government areas with communities and some parts of the state in 6 places on the highway.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAs palliative measures, the communities need 14 canoes as means of transportation to cross the cut off roads to continue their normal businesses,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Kabir advised the communities to relocate to safer areas to guarantee their safety.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gov. Mohammed commiserated with the communities over the deaths of three persons and the destruction of houses and farmlands in the two local government areas of Zaki and Gamawa.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He called for collective efforts in addressing the devastating effects of incessant floodings affecting communities across the state.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohammed, while inspecting the level of damages caused by the flood, said the communities were exposed to the dangers of flooding<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He noted that annual losses of lives and property were being recorded in the state.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohammed lauded the Federal Government and World Bank for the interventions in other facets of development and infrastructure.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He, however, called on the Federal Government to assist the state in providing a permanent solution to the problem, and as well provide palliative to victims.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Governor presented relief materials of two trucks of maize, drugs and medical consumables to Zaki and Gamawa local governments.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also directed the SEMA to immediately procure 14 canoes to the affected communities and take inventory of the damage caused by the flood to enable the government to take further actions.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Ibrahim Kabir, Director-General Bauchi State Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA) has confirmed the death of 3 persons by flood which damaged 1,453 houses and several farmlands in Zaki and Gamawa&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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