Flood displaces 1,220 families, destroys 4,501 farms in Cross River
Mr. Aquah said crops affected by the disaster were sold at giveaway prices by their owners while some rotted away.
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Mr. Aquah said crops affected by the disaster were sold at giveaway prices by their owners while some rotted away.
The people have also resorted to premature harvest of their crops on farms affected by the flood.
A local hospital has run out of anti-snake venom.
The effects of the flood were devastating.
It was a tale of death and destruction across Northern Nigeria.
NEMA says residents of flood prone areas give really flimsy excuses as to why they would not relocate.
Floods in the past few days have destroyed houses, farmlands and washed away bridges in the affected communities.
Two local government areas were affected.
The people will be evacuated from flood prone communities.
No life was lost, but farm produce, crop, animal and economic trees were washed away
The rain destroyed cash crops worth N2 million.
The residents say Mr. Amosun’s failed road re-construction projects are to blame for the floods.
“FTM called for the immediate relocation of Gutsura people from the flood prone area”.
Eight local government areas in the state were affected by the August 1 flood.
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