In a statement yesterday, the senatorial candidate said Kogi West is the hardest hit by flood this season with 10 deaths across two local government areas alone.
He gave the names of the local government areas to include Lokoja and Kotonkarfe, noting that over a million persons were displaced in the two councils so far. He said a greater part of Lokoja, the state capital and half of Kotonkarfe, local government area, were completely submerged. According to him, the areas most affected in Lokoja town include New market, Old market, Galili, Adankolo new layout, Sarki Noma, Ganaja, Kabawa, 500 units and Gadumo.Mr. Dirisu who donated relief materials to victims in the two affected local government areas, called on the federal government for more interventions in the areas of relief materials and medicaments to ameliorate the suffering by the victims.
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