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Flood on Friday destroyed crops worth millions of Naira following the collapse of Kankia dam in Kankia Local Government Area of Katsina State.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that rice and maize farms had been washed away following the collapse of the dam.

Some of the victims told NAN that the situation could affect irrigation farming, which could further lead to food security problem, unemployment and rural-urban drift.

Malam Abba Almu, a farmer, said the incident, which was the first of its kind in the history of the town, had destroyed crops worth millions of Naira.

Almu urged the state and federal governments to come to their aid as many of them would not have food for their families.

He also called for the immediate re-erection of the collapsed dam’s embankment.

Another victim, Abdulkadir Mai’unguwa, said the disaster would negatively affect the over 500 irrigation farmers in the area who relied on the dam for irrigation activities.

Mai’unguwa also said that herdsmen had to move to nearby local governments following the collapse of the dam.

He urged the state government to assist them and reconstruct the embankment for the socioeconomic development of the area.

The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the council, Alhaji Abubakar Lawal, lamented that the dam was recently rehabilitated by the Federal Government.

He said it was rehabilitated under the constituency project of the member representing the area, Alhaji Ahmed Babba, ``but yet, it collapsed.''

He appealed to the lawmaker, to as a matter of urgency, call the contractor back to site to reconstruct the embankment and widen the water spillway to avert future occurrence.(NAN)

another disaster. God will grant those concern the strength to bear the loss. [size=18pt]1st poster[/size].

It must have been drunk.

The Reps member who employ the services of an unqualified company should be responsible for such damages.

The dam must be High on Kai-kai and burutanshi

bokohalal: It must have been drunk.

Eeyah!!! This is not good o. May God comfort the farmers for their losses and the government of Katsina state should quickly wade into the situation.The farmers really need to be compensated.

mc~evans:

Eiyaaa! pity to read but we must squarely blame the contractor who must have done a shoddy job. Might even prosecute him for wasted resources.

bokohalal: It must have been drunk.

Are u sleepy??

The administrators should cater for those affected.

abii na Jonathan again... Bad belle pple full nairaland....una no go eva progress 4dis cauntry. Animals

what reli happened was it that the structure of the dam wasn't built right

...dam collapsed

it must have had a heart attack

Dr.seno1:
what reli happened was it that the structure of the dam wasn't built right

That's why it is reported " it collapsed "

naija's disasters are always man-made. We like to drink alomo and maintain but we no get maintenance for our culture. SMH

Eyaaa! And this katsina ppl are very serious in their farm biznez o. They dont play with their farm at all. Infact the richest ppl in kankia, DANDUME, DAURA and all those small local govts in katsina state are all farmers. Abeg make FG help them o!

In a sane country, these farmers would sue the government and get a huge settlement out of it.

May God help us o, bcoz its in our area.

Natural Boko Haram @ work,

Bright2: Natural Boko Haram @ work,

u ar an id-iot for calling nature boko haram,

Bright2: Natural Boko Haram @ work,

Honestly! This is d most stupid comment iv read all day. Some of u need to have ur head recalibrated b4 coming to post here.

Eyyyaaaa. I served at kankia during NYSC. My heart goes out to them.

Dam
They r even lucky dat it wasn't constructed on s settlement area...
Thank God its only crops it affected
God ur name be praised oh
Dams failure can render a community useless n turns it existence to history... We bless God for dis dt affected just crops...tak heart for dose whose crops were greatly affected.