Thirty persons were confirmed dead and over three thousand houses destroyed in the flood disaster that affected six local government areas, in the southern zone of Plateau state, north central Nigeria.
The affected local government areas are Langtang south, Langtang north, Shendam, Mikang, Wase and Quanpan. Lives were lost as well as several homes including livestock and farm produce worth millions of naira destroyed by the ravaging flood Leaving the communities in a need of urgent attention in terms of food, clothing, medication, shelter and road network.
Delegations from the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Plateau State Ministry of Works and the members of the National Assembly as well as officials of National Emergency Management Agency visited the areas for on the spot assessment.
Senator representing Plateau South in the National Assembly, Victor Lar, described the destruction as monumental, claiming it has crippled the social and economic activities of the people living in the affected areas and the state at large.
Lar, alongside permanent secretary of Federal Ministry of Water Resources implored members of the affected communities to exercise patience as the ministry and the federal government will come to the aid of the communities for the short and long term supply of relief materials.
Within a month, several lives have been lost with property worth millions of naira destroyed while hundreds of people were rendered homeless with farm lands, as well as major roads and bridges were cut off due to the flood that ravaged parts of plateau state.
In spite of the warnings by the Ministry of Environment that fourteen states will be ravaged by floods in the month of August, most of the identified states are yet to come into reality of the dangers ahead and put mechanism on ground to curtail the devastating effect of the impending disaster.
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