Sokoto needs N20bn for flood disaster remediation – Tambuwal


The Sokoto state government requires over N20 billion to fix the damages caused by this year’s flood disaster, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has disclosed.

The governor disclosed this while receiving report of the flood disaster committee constituted by the state government about one month ago to undertake comprehensive assessment of this year’s flooding, to source data on the damages wrought on farmlands and livestock as well as recommend ways forward to assist farmers to mitigate the suffering.

He said the money comprises N15 billion required to construct roads and bridges washed away by the flood and over N5 billion needed for intervention to victims, most of them farmers, as remedy to mitigate their sufferings.

According to the governor, the cost implication of the damages caused on roads, bridges by the flood exclude that of damages done to primary health centers, clinics, dispensaries and other structures.

Tambuwal said his administration will act promptly on the implementation of the recommendations of the Kilgori committee by immediately mobilising resources.

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