Floods Ravage Jigawa With Over 40,000 Households Affected
Twenty-three out of 27 local government areas of Jigawa State were badly affected by floods with over 40,000 households directly affected so far this year.
In addition,7000 houses were destroyed or submerged by the heavy rainfall, including about 6,500 farmlands destroyed across the state.
The floods in Jigawa State is being blamed on climate change, deforestation, land degradation, problems that affect many states every year in Nigeria.
Like many states, Jigawa state as one of the frontline states is affected by flooding, gully erosion, desertification, and land degradation needing urgent solutions to confront the life threatening livelihoods.
The Jigawa State governor, Umar Namadi states that close to 8000 people mostly households were displaced and taking refuge at several undesignated Internally Displaced Camps within the state.
“Providing the internal measures put in place by the Jigawa State Government to guard against frequent occurrence of the flood disaster”, Governor Namadi stated that, “his administration has championed the planting of 5.5 million trees within the state,” he said.
He called on the the Federal Government to come to the aid of Jigawa people, especially in supporting them with the measures that would help secure their environment.