The Director Basic of the Bauchi State Emergency Administration Company, Mas’ud Aliyu, has urged residents residing in flood-prone areas to vacate their houses resulting from heightened flood threats.
He made this assertion in an unique interview with a PUNCH correspondent on Wednesday.
Aliyu stated, “These residing in flood-prone areas and areas with a historical past of flooding ought to take the precaution of vacating their houses.”
He added, “Thus far, 4 individuals have been confirmed useless because of the latest floods which have affected communities in Shira, Giade, and Katagum Native Authorities Areas of Bauchi State.”
In response to Aliyu, Giade, Katagum, and Shira Native Authorities Areas have been essentially the most severely impacted by the floods.
He defined that in these three native governments, intensive farmlands have been submerged by the floodwaters.
“The flood has destroyed many houses. In Giade, there have been no reported fatalities, however farms, livestock, and different home property have been misplaced,” Aliyu stated.
“In Shira, there was harm to houses and the lack of three lives. In Katagum Native Authorities Space, each farmlands and houses have been destroyed, and one particular person has been reported useless,” he continued.
He famous that the fatalities have been resulting from constructing collapses and the floodwaters submerging the deceased.
In response to the devastating floods and extended dry spells affecting varied components of the state, the Bauchi State Agricultural Improvement Program has urged farmers to stay resilient, stressing that the present farming season nonetheless holds potential.
The programme supervisor of the company, Malam Akilu Abdulkarim, made this attraction whereas talking with our correspondent, highlighting the challenges posed by local weather uncertainties and flooding within the state.