Kano lawmakers demand urgent action to prevent more floodings | Tellwell Newspaper
Tellwell Newspaper, Abuja – Nigeria:
From Abuzar Rabi’u, Kano
Kano State House of Assembly has called on the state authorities to prevail on Hadejia-Jama’are River Basin Development Authourity to take urgent concrete measures to stave-off the imminent bursting of Tiga Dam.
Tellwell Newspaper reports that already several communities around the fan have been inundated from overflows from the seething body of water from torrential rains, causing huge material loss and humanitarian crisis to the affected communities.
The lawmakers made the call following a joint matters of urgent public interest moved by members of Kiru/Bebeji and Rano Constituencies presented by Kabiru Hassan Dashi Deputy Speaker and Member representing Kiru Constituency.
Tellwell Newspaper learnt that Nigerian meteorological agency had in March predicted excessively heavy rains this wet season and attendant flooding in 32 of Nigeria’s 36 states, including the federal capital Abuja.
Tiga Dam overflowed on September 8, washing away farmlands, roads and houses, displacing thousands of residents in the area.
On Wednesday, the Minister of Water Resources Suleiman Adamu during an assessment tour of the inundated area ordered the closure of Tiga Bridge as a precautionary measure due to the increased swelling of the dam from continuous heavy downpour.
