Flood ravages Zaria Communities, 270 households affected

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo

A torrential downpour connected Thursday near a way of demolition successful Zaria, Kaduna State, displacing much than 470 children and affecting implicit 270 households crossed respective communities.

According to a coordinated appraisal squad comprising the Nigerian Red Cross Society, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), the Director of Emergency and Security Services, and the Deputy Director of Welfare, the catastrophe has created urgent humanitarian needs.

The team, led by the Chairman of Zaria Local Government Area, Alhaji Jamil Ahmad Muhammad Jaga, visited Kofar Kuyanbana to ascertain the grade of the damage. Communities worst deed see Gangaren Mobil and Bayan Cinema successful Tudun Wada Ward, arsenic good arsenic Magume, Bako Zuntu, and Kamacha successful Tukur Tukur Ward.

The floodwaters swept distant foodstuffs, clothing, electronics, and different household essentials, leaving hundreds of families stranded.

Despite the destruction, authorities confirmed that nary lives were lost, a concern they described arsenic an enactment of divine mercy.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Red Cross Society, Zaria Division, has begun distributing alleviation materials to victims portion appealing for urgent enactment from authorities agencies, philanthropists, and humanitarian organizations to assistance affected families.

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