River Niger flood: 2 million affected in Kogi

NO fewer than two million people have been affected by flood in Kogi State as River Niger continues to overflow its bank. The North-Central coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ishaya Isah, disclosed this at the weekend, when Senator Smart Adeyemi and other National Assembly members from the state paid a visit to St. Luke Primary School, Adankolo, Lokoja, which had been turned to a relief centreAccording to him, nine local government areas of the state with close to 350 communities had been destroyed by the ravaging flood in Lokoja, Kogi, Ibaji, Igalamela, Ajaokuta, Ofu, Omala, Olamaboro and Idah local government areas.While disclosing that the flood victims in the three rehabilitation centres in the state capital had consumed close to 300 bags of rice and other relief materials, he called on corporate bodies and individuals to come to the aid of the victims.However, Senator Adeyemi had promised to appeal to relevant agencies to stop the release of water from the dam due to the havoc it had already caused.Senator Adeyemi, who came to the state capital from Banda through canoe and donated N1 illion to the rehabilitation centres, said he was touched by the plight of the victims.
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