Gov. Badaru Sympathizes With Flood Victims In Jigawa

By Mohammed Abubakar Dutse

Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa state has sympathized with the victims of floods across the state including Dutse, the state capital.

The governor in a statement, through his commissioner for special duties Auwalu Danladi Sankara and made available to newsmen in Dutse on Thursday, described the flooding as “God way of testing his servants”.

According to the statement, almost all the local governments in the state have recorded some level of damages, with some of the local governments recording deaths and multiple injuries.

No fewer than 120,000 houses are believed to have been submerged as a result of the heavy flooding, which have been experienced across the state since the beginning of the rainy season.

Jigawa is one the 23 states of the federation forecasted to be among the states to be mostly affected by heavy flooding by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NiMet) this year.

“I want to use this opportunity to condole the people of Jigawa state and also to sympathize with victims of the recent flood that was majorly caused by a torrential rainfall that lasted for over thirty hours.” The Governor said in a statement.

He added, “the effect of climate change is a global phenomenon that do not spare any part of the world. Last year we experience a shortage of rainfall but this year it is completely different. This is Allah’ s way of testing us.

“From the report, we are receiving six people who have lost their lives, three in Kirikasamma and three in Kafin Hausa local government areas of the state. I use this medium to send my condolences to the immediate family of the victims and pray that the almighty grant them Jannatul Firdausi”, the governor added.