JIGAWA FLOOD DEATH TOLL RISES TO 51

The death toll from the floods in Jigawa State has risen to 51 as residents continue to recover from the havoc wreaked by the disaster.

Executive Secretary of the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, SANI YUSUF, confirmed this to newsmen in Dutse, the state capital.

He noted that about 2,051 people have been displaced in Karnaya village in Dutse.

YUSUF however noted that the state government is planning to relocate 404 mothers with their children numbering about 1,334 to the Warwade Internally Displaced Camp, while the 313 men will continue to live at the primary school in the village until the flood subsides.