Council chairman, Ringim local government area, Jigawa state, Abdulrashid Ibrahim, said at least seven persons were killed while over 2000 houses and farmlands were destroyed by flood in the state. The council boss highlighted the incident to journalists on Tuesday in his office at Ringim, after he paid a sympathy visit to the affected communities ravaged by the flood. He explained that the damage is alarming because the flood is the first of its kind in the area, since 2003. More than one hundred hectares of farmlands were submerged as the flood damaged farm produces and rendered over forty five thousand farmers and families homeless. Ibrahim said the flood destroyed farm produces worth millions of naira, which include- guinea-corn, rice, groundnut, millet and other cash crops. He said the people that lost their lives in the incident were using canoe to move from the flood troubled area to a safer destination. Unfortunately, the canoe capsized, killing seven people on board. He identified the affected communities in the council as: Dabi, Auramo, Yakasawa, Algama, Laura, Kayi hawa, Dingare, Siyanku, Nsukum, zangon kanya, Malamawan Yandutse, Kyarama, Sintilmawa , Yandutse and Chai-chai Sabuwa. He explained that the local government has intensified effort to reduce the effect of the flood, including purchasing six thousand empty bags and fifty troop of sand for embankment around the affected areas. He urged the state and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to intervene and assist the affected victims of the flood