No amount of relief materials from NEMA or consolation can bring back the 603 lives lost to this deluge........
Going by official tallies, Nigeria is currently experiencing one of its worst flood disasters, which has resulted in the death of hundreds of its citizens. Houses have been destroyed, farmland ruined, roads and bridges washed off. This nature’s rage, aggravated by the incompetence of public officials, has sparked humanitarian tragedies and fears of worsening food inflation.
A plague that has so far claimed 603 lives and submerged 332,327 hectares of farmland is a catastrophe of immense proportions. In Delta and Bayelsa States, some schools have been submerged; just as 76 persons lost their lives while fleeing when their boat capsized in the Ogbaru area of Anambra State early this October. Most of the victims were women and children.
In Benue State, 12 local government areas have been submerged; 10 in Kogi State share the same cruel fate. The National Emergency Management Agency had earlier declared that 14,496 hectares of farmland in five local government areas in Kano have been totally destroyed, especially in Wudil, Bebeji, Warawa, Rano and Dawakin Kudu.