Lagos, Nigeria – E don happen! Mokwa don suffer serious flooding wey don claim at least 110 lives due to heavy rain wey follow for central Nigeria. Wetin we hear from the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) na say the rain dey pour for several hours, and dem say flood water don submerge over 50 houses, carrying people wey dey for dem. Na wa o!
According to Abullahi Baba-Arah, wey be the head of NSEMA, the worst hit areas na Tiffin Maza and Anguwan Hausawa districts. Mokwa District Head, Muhammad Shaba Aliyu, don talk say na over 60 years wey dem never see this kind wahala for dem community before. “I beg the government to support us,” he say, as him dey plead for help. Wetin go fit happen next?
The Nigerian government don show sympathy for the victims. Mohammed Idris, wey be the Minister of Information and National Orientation talk say dem don direct all emergency agencies to help with search and rescue. This one no be small matter o! People dey still dey miss, and the search still dey go on.
We fit hear from a local fisherman, Danjuma Shaba, wey don lose him house. “I no get house to sleep,” he talk. The rainy season dey kick off and it dey carry flood everywhere, as usual. Dis matter no just dey happen for Mokwa alone; last year, heavy rainfall don cause similar wahala for many places for northern Nigeria.
Last year na about 1.3 million people run for their houses plus over 600 deaths wey follow flood. E don be like say we dey enter another season of worry as government don talk say 15 states dey expect heavy downpour. Na wetin we go hear again?
Bad news no dey ever stop for here, and we dey pray say the search and rescue teams go do their best to find more survivors. All the agencies, including National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), dey work round the clock to help those wey need am. President Bola Tinubu don also dey monitor the situation closely.
As rain dey pour like say no tomorrow, make we hope say this heartache no go continue. The country dey face big floods especially around Niger and Benue Rivers every year. Make we just dey keep our fingers crossed, because only God fit help us now.
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