Flood kills one, injure many in Gombe community | Tellwell Newspaper
• Gov Yahaya directs SEMA, others to send urgent assistance
Flood, following a heavy downpour, inundated Bajoga community in Funakaye Local Government Area of Gombe State over the weekend, claiming one life and injuring several others, apart from unqualified property losses.
Consequently, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has directed the state’s Ministry of Environment, SEMA, and other relevant agencies to provide urgent assistance to the affected persons.
The Governor, according to his spokesman, Ismaila Uba Misilli, in a statement, expressed his heartfelt condolences to the family of a boy who lost his life as a result of the flood and sympathized with all those who sustained injuries or lost their properties and other material resources.
Governor Yahaya assured of his administration’s commitment to providing assistance to the victims to minimize the suffering of the affected persons.
He, however, urged the people to heed to flash flood warnings, and avoid flood-prone areas as a preventive measure.
