No fewer than 14 persons have lost their lives and lots of houses destroyed following the flood which ravaged the Gummi community in Zamfara State last week.
NaijaGistReporters gathered that many residents are currently displaced. a number of the displaced residents are taking refuge in schools within the state.
A resident said the Senior Special Assistant on Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Control to Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle visited the affected community and distributed foodstuff to the victims.
He attributed the flood disaster within the area to bad roads.
“14 people have died. I saw them with my eyes and therefore the house. I didn’t count them one on one, but they're up to hundreds.
“SSA on Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Control has visited the affected community and distributed foodstuffs to the victims and guaranteed them of state support.
“The fear is that if our homes aren't repaired, and schools reopened, we don’t have any option than to travel somewhere to measure ,” he said.
ConversionConversion EmoticonEmoticon