Yobe floods ravaged over 31,000 households: SEMA 

Yobe’s State Emergency Administration Company (SEMA) says over 31,000 households had been affected by floods in 255 communities throughout the 17 native authorities areas.

“As of October 2, 2022, over 31,000 households had been affected by floods throughout 255 communities from 17 LGAs of the State,” mentioned Mohammed Goje, the manager secretary of SEMA. “Gujba Mutai, Kukuwa Tasha, Buni Gari and Buni Yadi, Gulani, Jakusko, Tarmuwa, Geidam and Bade witnessed the worst in almost half a century.”

Mr Goje mentioned 75 fatalities had been reported as a direct consequence of windstorms and floods, with many extra lives in danger throughout 10 space councils from Might thus far.

He added, “Together with 11 resulting from boat mishaps, over 200 sustained accidents and had been handled and discharged free.”

Mr Goje mentioned the hardest-hit had been folks residing in flood-prone areas and alongside waterways and that 6,592 folks had been displaced throughout the affected communities.

“This doesn’t embody Internally Displaced Individuals (IDP) returnee communities who’re simply returning and have restricted entry to farmlands,” he famous.

The SEMA official identified that preliminary experiences and desk evaluate point out that 92 water factors and many WASH services, agricultural merchandise and livestock had been additionally affected, disclosing that the company efficiently relocated some victims in worse-hit communities to accepted public locations and protected host neighbouring communities.

“SEMA has offered and distributed first-line meals baskets to a few of the affected inhabitants,” the official acknowledged. “We invited all resident humanitarian and improvement companions to plan for medium and long-term responses and restoration utilizing the state humanitarian coordination platform to mobilise assets for efficient multi-sectoral catastrophe responses.”

(NAN)