GOVERNOR ABDULRASAQ URGES FG TO ASSIST OVER 15,000 RESIDENTS DISPLACED BY FLOOD
Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has urged the Federal Government to assist the over 15,000 residents displaced by flood in Kwara.
He made the plea when he met with President Buhari to request for assistance to ease the suffering of the flood victims.
The Governor, speaking to newsmen at the State House on Tuesday, September 22, said the recent flood that happened over the weekend in Kwara destroyed 5,000 houses and displaced 15,000 persons.
Abdulrasaq estimated the losses to flood disaster at N10 billion.
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He revealed that the President had promised to help and that the National Emergency Management Agency’s (NEMA) assistance would be shorter than the regular six months.
“Over the weekend, we had huge rainstorm that destroyed about 5,000 houses in the state capital. We had huge flooding in Kwara North and the bank of River Niger. There are a lot of internally displaced people at the bank of River Niger and in the State capital. About 10,000 to 15,000 people are already displaced. So, it is straining the state’s economy,” he said.
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