Malumfashi flood disaster: KTSG sets up damage assessment committee
From MUAWUYA B. IDRIS, Katsina
KATSINA state government has set up a six-member committee to assess damages caused by flood disaster in Malumfashi local government council.
The committee is headed by the executive director, State Relief Agency, Alhaji Suleman Rawayau.
The state deputy governor, Alhaji Sirajo Umar Damari, revealed this while leading a team on a sympathy visit to the people affected by the disaster.
Our correspondent reports that hundreds of people affected by the disaster are now taking refuge at their neighbours’ houses, while many others have left the area in search of accommodation.
A visit to the areas showed that the affected people lost their belongings worth millions of Naira.
Alhaji Damari explained that government was touched by the disaster and pledged that assistance will be given to the affected people.
He described the disaster as an act of God and directed the council to provide immediate assistance to the victims.
In a related development, Katsina state House of Assembly has directed its Committee on Habitat to assess the damage caused by the Malumfashi flood disaster.
Speaker of the House, Alhaji Ya’u Umar Gwajo Gwajo gave the committee two weeks within which to submit its report.
Earlier, a member from Kafur local council area, Alhaji Kabir Barau had said the flood has rendered many people homeless.