The two chairmen explained that the flood, which spanned over 35 kilometres washed away farm lands, houses and cut off the road linking Sakwa to Zaki Local Government Area. The chairmen said the flood was as a result of overflow of River Katagum, explaining that many displaced persons were sheltered in some primary schools away from the flooded sites.
Residents of the area told newsmen that the flood was not unconnected to a spillover of a neighboring dam in Kano and Jigawa States. Saleh commiserated with the victims on behalf of the state government, explaining the readiness of the government to assist them.
He said government had directed the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to immediately send relief materials to the victims, adding that government had sent report to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for quick interventions in all the affected local government areas in the state. In a related development, the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) yesterday advised residents on Abubakar Kigo Road in Kaduna North and Nasarawa in Chikun Local Government Area of the state to vacate the areas.
A statement issued by Abubakar Adamu, the public relations officer of the agency, said the evacuation was necessary because of the danger posed by the impending flood. The agency said that the advice was became the Kaduna River had over flown its bank and had made the areas to be flood-prone. “We have notified the affected persons in the flood-prone areas they need to take precautionary measure by relocating from such areas. “Areas such as Uguwar Rimi, Rafinguza, Kakuri, Kabala, Haiyin Danmani and other communities along the River Kaduna bank need to take this message seriously,” he said.
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