The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), says that the constant flood in Kano state has destroyed 14,496 farmlands across five local government areas.
The Director-General of the Agency, Mustapha Ahmed-Habib, made the disclosure during a damage assessment tour in the affected communities in Warawa and Wudil LGAs of the state.
He said that 1,113 farms had been submerged at Warawa Gishiri-Wuya; 1,135 in Larabar Gadon-Sarki and 4,808 farms wilt to flooding in Wudil.
The disaster also destroyed 1,405 farms in Bebeji; 260 in Rano and 5,775 others in Dawakin Kudu.
He said that President Muhammadu Buhari had directed the agency to conduct damage assessment exercises with a view to assisting the victims of the disaster.
According to him, NEMA will provide food and non-food items to the victims of the disaster.
Also speaking, the Executive Secretary, Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Saleh Jili, attributed the flood to released of excess water from Tiga Dam.
One of the victims, Malam Nasiru Qayya urged government at all levels to assist the victims to assuage their sufferings.
He also called on the state government to rehabilitate Ladi Makole – Larabar Gadon-Sarki access road cut off by the flood.
