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Flood displaces hundreds of Damaturu residents

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Jaafar Jaafar
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Jaafar Jaafar is a graduate of Mass Communication from Bayero University, Kano. He was a reporter at Daily Trust, an assistant editor at Premium Times and now the editor-in-chief of Daily Nigerian.
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Flood has displaced hundreds of residents of Damaturu on Tuesday, following a downpour which lasted many hours.

The rains destroyed houses and shops in places such as Nayi Nawa, Shago Tara, fulatari, Pompomari and Bulabulin.

Musa Jidawa, Permanent Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA,  who toured the affected areas described the flooding as “unprecedented” even  though it did not claim lives.

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“The agency, in collaboration with Damaturu local government council, is assessing the damage and ascertaining people involved to provide them with the needed assistance.

“Damaturu has not seen anything close to this flood in the last 20 years, we have gone round for first-hand information to determine areas of immediate needs and intervention.” he said.

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The permanent secretary said government would provide  victims with food and building materials for them to reconstruct their buildings.

Meanwhile, some of the victims said they had relocated to their relations’ homes  pending when they  are able to rebuild their houses.

The victims, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria, said they were lucky that it rained in the morning and  destroyed only their property.

Abubakar Mustapha, a victim who spoke on behalf of others in Nayi Nawa, pleaded with the state government to expedite action and provide them some succour in view of their predicament.

He also  called on  the government to construct more drains to  channel  excessive  water in the event of rainfall  in the area.

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