NAN-AE-10
Flood
By Muhammad Nasir Bashir
Dutse, Jan. 23, 2017 (NAN) The State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) in Jigawa says it has disbursed N4.3 million to victims of the 2016 flood disaster in Babura Local Government Area of the state.
The spokesperson of the agency, Malam Sagir Nayaya, said this in a statement issued on Monday in Dutse.
Nayaya said that the amount was disbursed to 502 victims whose rooms were destroyed in the disaster which affected 16 villages in the council.
The spokesperson, who said N5, 000 was given for each the 860 rooms destroyed, warned residents to desist from acts capable of causing flood.
According to him, the gesture is part of the state government’s intervention initiative to assist the victims.
Nayaya urged the victims to consider the gesture as a form of assistance and not compensation. (NAN)
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(Edited by Nyisom Dore/Mufutau Ojo)