No fewer than forty persons have so far died in flood disaster across Niger State.
The Director General Niger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA, Ahmed Ibrahim Inga stated this in Minna on Tuesday.
He disclosed that 21 out of 25 have been affected by the flood affecting three hundred and eighty-two communities with fifty thousand persons affected.
The Director General explained that in line with the mandate of providing succour to victims of flood and other disaster-related issues, the agency flagged off distribution of relief materials to all the affected areas in the State.
He commiserated with victims over their losses due to the flood and reassured them that the Agency with the support from the National Body NEMA, and the State Government will not rest in providing support to victims to ease their sufferings.
According to Inga, “relief items presented to victims include food items ranging from bags of rice, maize, beans, groundnut, and red oil while non food items such as mattresses, buckets, clothing, cups and baby diapers”
He also called on residents of the Communities to key into the State Government’s Agriculture policies which would help farmers to carry out dry season farming to reduce their losses occasioned by the flood.