Five children killed in Jigawa flood

The Chairman of Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, Alhaji Nasiru Ahmed, said on Thursday that five children were killed in a recent flooding that ravaged the area.
Ahmed told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kiyawa that the children were caught by flood in different villages during downpour that flooded the area.
The chairman said many houses were destroyed, while more than 10,000 farmlands were submerged by the flood.
He disclosed that two major roads, Dutse-Katanga and Kiyawa-Birninkudu, were cut-off, making vehicular and human movement difficult during the period.
Ahmed said the council had been taking care of those persons displaced by the flood, while some victims are living with neighbours other are staying in schools around the area.
He said: “”We have been doing our best to assist the victims, even the roads that were cut off had been repaired by the council.
“The council had also been providing food items and cash assistance to some of the affected victims.”
Ahmed said that about N1.3 million had been spent to alleviate the suffering of those affected by flood.
Ahmed explained that officials of National Emergency Management Agency had visited the area for on-the-spot assessment with a view to assist the victims.
NAN.