Flood: 13,226 persons displaced rejected IDP camp, 13 died, says Kano

The Executive Secretary of the Kano State Emergency Management Agency, Saleh Jili, has said no fewer than 13 persons died while over 14,364 farmers lost their farm produce to this year’s flooding in the state.

Jili, who spoke at a press briefing in Kano, added that apart from the farmers, 13,226 other residents were displaced.

The KEMA boss stated that many victims of the flood were accommodated by their relatives and friends, pointing out that no single person affected by the flood stayed at the Internally Displaced Persons camp.

He said, “Unlike other States where the victims of flooding stayed at IDPs or stayed in schools; here in Kano, no single person affected by the flood stayed at the camp; they were accommodated by their relatives and friends.”

He noted that parts of the 44 local government areas were affected by the flood, adding that in the Warawa Local Government Area, the entire community was flooded.

“In Wudil and Warawa local government areas, which were the most affected, Kano SEMA had to use a canoe to convey affected persons from one area to another.

However, within a short time, the victims went back to their homes, as soon as the water dried up.”