Flood accompanying a downpour has destroyed about 200 houses and farmlands in Shira and Zaki local government areas of Bauchi State.

The Director, Relief and Rescue, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Kabiru Kobi, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with journalists, but said he could not give the exact number of houses affected.

Kobi said that in Zaki, over 200 houses were affected even though inventory of many other houses was ongoing while in Shira, the number was not yet known.

He said: “I don’t have the exact number but definitely, the number is high. We have not yet finished compiling the whole report, but I can tell you that the damage is severe. In Zaki, we so far have 200 houses affected.

“The houses are very many. We are currently taking inventory of the number of houses destroyed and submerged by the flood in the two local government areas, and some of the houses are still falling down. Because of that, I cannot give you the exact number or the level of damage.”

The director said that the incident was as a result of flooding caused by the lack of drainages in the two local government areas and also overflow of a river in Zaki which was full with not channel to drain its water.



Governor Bala Mohammed, who visited the places affected by the flood in the two local government areas on Saturday, pledged to offer immediate assistance to the victims.

Mohammed was represented by the Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Sulaiman.

During a visit to the District Head of Disina, Alhaji Abdullahi Mustapha, in company with top government officials, he said that in order to ensure timely government intervention, SEMA was already conducting assessment of the damage caused by the disaster.

The governor sympathised with the victims of the disaster and urged them to consider it as an act of God.

The District Head of Disina told the governor that the major challenges facing the area was flood and appealed for government’s support in that direction.

The district head called for immediate construction of culverts and drainages to avert reoccurrence of the incident.

While in Zaki, the governor expressed shock on the number of houses and properties affected by the disaster.

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