More than 400 people have been displaced
while farm produce estimated at N100 million were destroyed by flood in
Karim Lamido, Gassol, Lau and Ardo-Kola local government areas of
Taraba. Alhaji Tukura Bashiru, Chairman of Gassol local government area,
made the revelation in an interview in Jalingo yesterday, expressing
regrets that the incident which had become a perennial occurrence, was
due to high volume of water in River Benue.
The chairman said the most affected villages included Amar and Ziff in
Karim Lamido local government area and Kwatanido, Maigemu and Kwatataro
in Gassol local government area. “The flood followed days of torrential
rainfall and increase in the volume of water in the River Benue as a
result of the opening of the flood gates of Lagdo Dam in the Republic of
Cameroon. The council is still taking stock of the extent of damage
caused by the flood in the affected communities’’, he said.
More than 400 people have been displaced
while farm produce estimated at N100 million were destroyed by flood in
Karim Lamido, Gassol, Lau and Ardo-Kola local government areas of
Taraba. Alhaji Tukura Bashiru, Chairman of Gassol local government area,
made the revelation in an interview in Jalingo yesterday, expressing
regrets that the incident which had become a perennial occurrence, was
due to high volume of water in River Benue.
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