President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of N800 million for victims of flood disaster in Jama’are local government area of Bauchi state.
The state governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed who announced this while addressing people of the area at Jama’are river, said the funds was approved under the ecological project of the federal government.
The governor requested the federal government to look into the possibility of providing Dam in Jama’are under its “Water Resources Strategy” as part of measures to avert reoccurrence recurrent flooding in the area.
Senator Bala Mohammed cautioned farmers in the area against farming in water ways in order not to be affected by the flood.
The acting head of administration, Jama’are local government, Alhaji Bala Hafizu had earlier said over 100 farmlands, worth over 100 million naira have been affected as a result of the floods in the area.
Meawhile, Jama’are town was agog as the governor visited Jama’are central market to assess the magnitude of the damage incurred during the flood disaster.
While assuring the affected victims for immediate government’s intervention, the governor expressed gratitude to the people of the local government for their support to his administration.
