Flood Destroys 120 Houses In Jigawa

Flood has destroyed 120 houses and washed away farms and other valuables worth million of naira in Jahun Local Government Area of Jigawa.

Rep. Sai’du Yusif (APC-Jahun/Miga) made the figure known to newsmen after visiting the victims to sympathise with them.

Yusuf said the report received from the victims, indicated that about 120 houses, foodstuffs and other valuables were destroyed by flood.
The lawmaker, accompanied by Chief Whip, Rep. Alasan Doguwa and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) official, said he came to sympathise with the victims.

Yusuf said he came in company of Alasan, who represented the Speaker, Rep Yakubu Dogara, to assess the level of damages caused by the flood for appropriate action.

The chief whip donated N500,000 to the victims to assuage their sufferings.

Yusuf declined comments on his donation, saying “it is between me and God’’.

But NAN learnt that he had donated cash, 50 sacks of maize, 50 bundles of wrappers and 60 bundles of brocade popularly known as “Shadda” to the victims.

He pledged to move a motion of urgent national importance when he return to the house to find lasting solution to the flood that had been ravaging the council annually.

Meanwhile, Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa, on Saturday, said he had released the sum of N280 million for the 2016 hajj operation.

Badaru made this disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the departure of some intending pilgrims from the state at Dutse International Airport to Saudi Arabia.

He explained that the money would be used for the feeding of the pilgrims and other contingencies during the hajj in the holy land.

According to him, the same amount was approved and released for the expenditure of 2015 pilgrimage.

“The state government has done everything possible to take care of our pilgrims and make them comfortable in the holy land,” he said.

The governor said that the pilgrims had been advised to abide by the rules set out by the Hajj Commission, adding that this was why their screening was thorough.

No fewer than 2, 369 intending pilgrims from the state are expected to perform this year’s hajj.