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Director General, Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency, Barrister Zachary Allumaga
By Linus Ogbu, Lafia
The Director General of Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency (NASEMA), Barr. Zachary Allumaga has said about 60 houses and several property were destroyed in a separate flood incidents in Nasarawa state.
Allumaga disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Saturday in Lafia.
According to him, the two flood incidents took place in the two local government areas of Lafia and Toto in the month of August, 2023.
He said that the flood incident in Lafia local government took place at the Federal University of Lafia off campus where students quarters were submerged and property such as computers, mattresses, books food items and other valuable were destroyed.
The director general said another flood was recorded at Toto local government area of the state, where about 60 houses were submerged and several property destroyed.
He explained that flood incident in Toto was as a result of gully erosion where water pass through to destroy property and left several houses collapsed.
He said the plan was on top gear to send relief materials to the affected community in Toto and Federal University off campus in Lafia respectively.
Allumaga said the Agency would not relent in carrying out its mandate of preventing, mitigating disasters through awareness creation, evacuation of victims and provision of relief materials for victims of disasters.
He said at the commencement of rainy season, the agency had embarked on sensitisation of communities living in the fringes of River Benue and other flood flash point local government areas to remind them of the danger pose by flood.
He warned the people of the state to strictly adhere to flood predictions by Nigeria Meteorological Agency NiMet and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), noting that they should also avoid farming or building on water ways.
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