Mr. Sale Jili, The Executive Secretary of Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), said that six persons were killed while more than 600 houses were destroyed as a result of the recent windstorm in four local government areas of the state last Sunday.
Mr. Sale Jili said the windstorm which was accompanied with downpour had rendered over 1, 752 people homeless, who are currently taking refuge at the houses of their relations in the affected villages.
Report yesterday in Kano, Mr. Sale Jili added that one person was electrocuted in Ja’in area while the remaining five were trapped in a rubble of a collapsed building all in Gwale Local Government Area following the downpour.
The S.E.M.A Boss also listed the some affected local government areas as:
Gwale LGA
Gwarzo LGA
Kibiya LGA
Rimingado LGA.
According to what he said: “ he said It was based on the reports that they visited Kibiya and Rimingado Local Government Areas, where they presented relief materials to the victims as an interim measure to alleviate their sufferings.”
He said that the agency was still expecting reports of the disaster from officials of other local government areas in the state as the rainstorm had affected many people across the 44 local government areas of the state.
Mr. Sale Jili said items donated to the victims in two local government areas included food items, cement, roofing sheet, nylon mates, blankets and clothing materials.
He warned residents of the state, especially those living in flood-prone areas, to desist from dumping refuse in water
ways.
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