Flood destroys 2,000 hectares of farmland in Kwara

Date: 2017-10-08

About 2,000 hectares of farmland have been destroyed by floodwater across the three districts of Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State.

Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed's Special Adviser on Emergency and Relief Services, Duro Mohammed, said this while inspecting the havoc caused by flood in Patigi on Saturday.

Mohammed said rice farms in Lade, Patigi and Sepondi districts cultivated near the River Niger were mostly affected as well as a clinic, a cemetery and a primary school at Gbaradogi.

The governor's aide, who led the state government's delegation to the flooded farms, described the damage as devastating.

Some of the affected farmers, who spoke with journalists, lamented that the rice produce had just ripened for harvest before the flooding.

One of the victims, Alhaji Muhammadu Saadu, who is the head of Gbaradogi community, said rice and fish farms were washed away.

Saadu called on the federal and state governments to immediately come to their aid to ameliorate their suffering.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the state government delegation also inspected the internally displaced persons' camp under construction by the Presidential Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation. Mohammed urged the Federal Government to come to the aid of the state, saying the magnitude of the disaster was too much for the state to bear alone.

He also called for urgent dredging of River Niger and construction of a drain that would permanently secure the rice farms against flooding in the future.

The Etsu Patigi, Mr. Ibrahim Chatta Umar, expressed concern over perennial flooding in the area.

The monarch also suggested that dredging of River Niger and construction of drains would permanently save the community from disaster.

Umar said the flood had increased poverty level in the community, noting that compensation was not enough to ameliorate the suffering of the predominantly farming indigenes.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ubandoma     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Isiaka Danmeromu     11th Galadima     NNPP     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Funmilayo Mohammed     Pilgrims Board     Sabitiyu Grillo     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Olayinka Are     Gobir Organization Foundation     Ajuloopin     Frootify     Ilorin West     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Muhammed Abdullahi     Sobi FM     Waheed Ibrahim     Alaaya     Kwabes     Odo-Owa     Saduki Lafiagi     Saidu Isa     SWAN     Ubandawaki     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     IHS     All Peoples Party     Dan Masanin     Najim Yaasin     Maryam Nurudeen     Micheal Imoudu     Ahmad Ali     Neo Mundo Ltd     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Akeem Olatunji     Moses Rahman Popoola     Yakubu Gobir     International Vocational Centre     Oke-Odo     Shero     Abubakar Suleiman     Orisa Bridge     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Aliyu Adebayo     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Goodluck Jonathan     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Muritala Awodun     Ibrahim Taiwo     Pakata Development Association     Olayinka Olaogun     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Boko Haram     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Kehinde Boyede     Bayo Lawal     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Bursary     Bolaji Abdullahi     David Adesina     Elese Of Igbaja     Gani Saadu     Ojuekun Sarumi     Emir Of Lafiagi     Leke Ogungbe     Olawuyi     Mustapha Akanbi     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Presidential Election     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     John Obuh     RTEAN     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Sanitation Exercise     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Saliu Tunde Bello     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Sulaiman Gado     Chikanda     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Allocation     Eghe Igbinehi     MAI Akande     Yusuf Badmus     Sa\'adu Salahu     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Sunset Workers     Chief Of Staff     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Kwara Apc     Shonga     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Dan Masanin     James Ayeni     Abubakar Usman Jos     Baruten     Dogara     Daud Adeshola     Okeose Christian Cementary     Abdulwahab Oba     Kassim Babamale     Bashirat Bola Bello     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Ariyo     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Kwara Restoration Project     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Baba Isale     Aremu Odolaye     David Adesina     UNILORIN Alumni     Idiagbon     Arandun     Segun Ogunsola     Abdulhakeem Amao     Emir Of Ilorin     Kwara Liberation Group     Sai Kayi     Matthew Babaoye     BECE     David Oyedepo     Emir Of Lafiagi     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Imam Gambari     Iqra Books     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Folaranmi Aro     Bello John Olanrewaju     Shuaibu Yaman     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Ishaq Salman     Gbenga Awoyale     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Rebecca Bake     Amos Sayo     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi