The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has given three factors that caused the recent flood incident in Sokoto state.
The Director General (DG) of NEMA, Zubaida Umar highlighted the reasons for the flood incident in a post on her X account on Monday night.
“We are currently responding to the flood disaster that has affected some communities in the Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto state. The communities include Nassarawa, Amarawa, Munlela, and Dankuda,” Umar wrote.
“Upon the on-the-spot assessment conducted by a joint assessment team including officials of NEMA, SEMA and community leaders, it was established that heavy rainfall, absence of culverts and bad drainage system were responsible for the disaster.”
She lamented that unfortunately, many families have been displaced, houses submerged and hectares of farmlands destroyed.
Umar added that the flood has damaged some connecting roads, thereby affecting farming and economic activities in the areas.
“We will continue to monitor and collaborate to support the affected communities,” the NEMA DG concluded by pledging the agency’s help.
