By Fatima Zahra Muhammad
ASHENEWS reports that 29 persons were reported to have lost their lives in last year’s flood incident in Bauchi State.
According to the Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (BASEMA), no fewer than 2,934 persons across 20 local government areas of the state were forced into displacement due to the floods.
Adamu Nayola, the Director of Planning Research and Statistics at BASEMA made this known in Bauchi on Thursday.
“Not less than 8,457 houses were destroyed, 4,500 farmlands submerged, 32 people injured and 26 roads affected, while 1,856 IDPs households were also affected,” he said.
Nayola stated that the agency was able to reduce the negative impact of the floods due to the early warning signals given by the agency.
“As a result of the sensitization campaigns, the impacts of flooding and its devastating effects were drastically reduced.
“The agency always warned citizens to adhere to the early warning to avoid blockage of waterways,” he said.
Nigeria’s Emergency Management Agency, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) had earlier referred to the 2022 flood incidents in the country as the most devastating, with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimating that no fewer than 600 lives were lost 1.3 million others displaced in Nigeria in 2022.
