Floods destroy 2,714 houses, claim 10 lives in Niger

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A total of 21, 223 people were affected by the floods in 20 local government areas with 123 communities submerged.

The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency , Ibrahim Inga, on Wednesday said the 2019 floods destroyed 2,714 houses and claimed 10 lives in the state.

He said a total of 21, 223 people were affected by the disaster in 20 local government areas with 123 communities submerged. “These violent river behaviours resulted in loss of 10 lives with some roads, bridges, culverts and residential buildings badly affected by the force of the water. He said the agency could not sufficiently respond to the disaster as it had exhausted its N200m capital budget for 2019 before the flooding season.

 

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