Over 100,000 persons have been displaced from their homes after several rounds of heavy rain and flooding in benue state,Nigeria,President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday.
On Twitter,President Muhammadu Buhari wrote;
On Twitter,President Muhammadu Buhari wrote;
“I have received with great concerns reports of flooding in Benue state, displacing from early estimates more than 100,000 people”
Helen teghtegh, the head of a local NGO,
The Community Links and Human Empowerment Initiative, said the region has been battered by heavy rains over the past two weeks with the level of River Benue on the rise.
Many residents in the state capital Makurdi,have fled their homes since Wednesday, she added, while launching an appeal for donations
“We are still trying to get accurate data, we don’t know the number of casualties, but we are having a meeting tomorrow with local groups and emergency services, so we should know better,” she said.Helen teghtegh, the head of a local NGO,
The Community Links and Human Empowerment Initiative, said the region has been battered by heavy rains over the past two weeks with the level of River Benue on the rise.
Many residents in the state capital Makurdi,have fled their homes since Wednesday, she added, while launching an appeal for donations
Photographs of inundated Makurdi began spreading on social media Thursday, showing cars and thousands of homes completely submurged. Others showed men and women carrying mattresses, bags and other belongings as they fled on foot.
Buhari said he had called for the National Emergency Management Agency to step in, following criticism in the media of authorities’ inaction in tackling the flooding.
Two camps have been set up in Makurdi to accommodate those made homeless, but they were not set to open before the weekend.
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