Over 10,000 persons have been displaced while farmlands and other properties worth millions of naira were destroyed by flood after a “few weeks” of intense rain in Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
The Emir of Gummi, Justice Hassan Lawal (retired) disclosed this on Saturday when Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal paid an on-the-spot assessment visit to the local government.
Lawal visited Gummi town and Gayari community on Saturday to assess the level of damage caused by the flood.
Briefing the governor, Justice Lawal gave the breakdown of the situation in the local government.
“Following our discussion with experts, a permanent solution seems to be possible. For the assessment, 10,291 households were affected but we understand that the governor will go round to see for himself,” he said.
On his part, the governor sympathised with the flood victims and, thereafter, announced an immediate relief package of N100,000 and the distribution of 10,000 bags of assorted grains, along with mosquito nets and blankets, to them
Lawal also pledged to address long-term flood management by constructing new drainage systems, repairing existing dams, and potentially building additional dams.
“Today, I am in Gummi local government area to offer my condolences and conduct an on-the-spot assessment of the communities devastated by flooding caused by heavy rainfall last week,” he said.
Residents of Gummi expressed their gratitude to the governor for coming to sympathise with them after sending three different delegations earlier.
The state government has set up a committee led by an elder statesman, Alhaji Salihu Maibuhu Gumi, to oversee the distribution of these relief materials and to ensure that all affected individuals receive necessary assistance.
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