Umar Muhammad, the Public Relations Officer, SEMA, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Jibia.
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The Federal Government, on Tuesday pledged to assist victims of flood disaster in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commiserated with the Government and people of Katsina State over the devastating rainstorm that ravaged communities, causing death of 44 citizens and destruction of property.
Fifteen communities have been completely cut off after a bridge linking them collapsed on Sunday in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State.
The President, who made his feelings known in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu in Abuja on Monday, pledged the federal government’s support for the victims of the disaster.
The Katsina State Emergency Management Agency on Monday said that 38 persons had lost their lives following a rainstorm in Jibia Local Government Area of the state.
Governor Aminu Masari said on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Katsina that the administration had also repaired over 700 boreholes since coming into office in 2015.
Flood caused by downpour during the weekend washed away property worth N8 million in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State, the acting Chairman of the Local Government, Alhaji Hassan Musa, said on Monday.
The Katsina State Government says it has employed 5, 000 teachers to teach in its primary schools as part of effort to address shortage of manpower in education sector.
He described the last three years of APC change as eventful, reformative and transformational, adding that the party had impacted positively on security, economy and attitudinal change in the country.
Alhaji Saminu Baure, the Zonal Pilgrims Officer, made this known at the opening of the orientation on Monday in Daura.
He said: “The intending pilgrims of Katsina State should try and avoid anything that will dent the image of the state and the country as a whole.’’
The spokesman for the command, SP Gambo Isah, said that the incident occurred on Sunday afternoon.
Alhaji Ahmed Abubakar, representing Funtua Local Government Constituency in state House of Assembly, disclosed this at plenary on Monday in Katsina.
The incident, which left four people hospitalised, occurred after similar incident displaced over 600 people in the area.
Buhari gave the assurance at the Palace of Emir of Katsina, when he visited Katsina State to commiserate with victims of the disaster.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the presidential helicopter landed at the Daura helipad at exactly 3.15 p.m with the President and some members of his immediate family.
Buhari gave the assurance at the Palace of Emir of Katsina, when he visited Katsina State to commiserate with victims of the disaster.
The News Agency of Nigeria reliably learnt that the two presidents will discuss bilateral issues as well as sub-regional matters especially the ongoing political conflict between Eyadema’s government and the opposition in his country.
Masari made the disclosure on Friday in Katsina when President Muhammadu Buhari visited the state to commiserate with the victims of windstorm disaster.