The governor of Sokoto state, Dr Ahmed Aliyu, has appealed to the federal government to come to the aid of flood victims in Tangaza and Illela as the two most affected local government areas of the state.
Ahmed Aliyu made the plea when he visited the two local government areas to see and assess the level of destruction caused by the devastating flood.
This was contained in a press statement issued and made available to newsmen by chief press secretary, Comrade Abubakar Bawa
He said this year’s flooding affected 22 local government areas with Tangza and Illela LGAs being the worst hit by the devastating disaster.
“The destruction caused by this flood is severe that it destroyed hundreds of houses and farmlands, rendering hundreds of people homeless.
“It also destroyed several farmlands resulting into food shortage in the affected communities.
“I’m appealing to our father, a President with a listening ear to assist these two local government areas so that they can heave a sigh of relief from this terrible situation they found themselves,” the governor urged.
He said that the call became imperative considering the immense economic importance of the two local areas being them among those neighbouring Niger republic.
“These two communities may face severe food shortage and economic dire socioeconomic crises because of the magnitude of this flooding,” he passionately added.
He called on communities in the two areas to always ensure that they evacuate their drainages and avoid the indiscriminate dumping of refuse.
He also appealed to them to see the disaster as an avoidable act ordained by God, and prayed to the almighty Allah to prevent future the recurrence of such obnoxious disasters.
