Flood Washes Away Plateau Settlement, Cows, Farms

Heavyn down pour Tuesday night has been reported to wash away a Fulani settlement in Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The flood also washed away 29 cows, farms and other household items.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has repeated warned that some states of the country will be affected by flooding this year.
The residents of the settlement were said to have climbed trees to escape been washed away by the flood, but could not do anything to help their cows because of the heavy current and force with which the flood was moving, a source said.
Several bridges along Fobor-Angware Road and that of Maza Road were also washed off by the flood.
This has made it impossible for vehicular movement in and out of the local government.
According to the House of Assembly member representing Jos East Constituency in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Hon. Joshua Madaki, “The flood caused heavy losses to herdsmen and farmers in the local government, the damages caused by the flood can be quantified in hundreds of million naira.”
He said, “After the flood subsided, the owners of the cows followed the direction of the flood from Angware to Federe where they discovered the dead bodies of the 29 flooded cows
“The flood also washed away several farms and food crops especially yam farms, rice farms and maize farms.
“The affected bridges and culverts have distrusted the transport system in the locality and residents can only go out of the state through Bauchi State” said Hon Madaki.
He added, “From the damage I saw, these farmers and pastoralists affected will require government assistance to recover the losses. I am therefore soliciting for government assistance on their behalf. The huge losses is beyond what the local authority can handle”, he said.
The lawmaker expressed deep sympathy with the victims of the flood, but encouraged them to give thanks to God that the flood did not affect human lives.
He promised to use his position as their legislator to mobilize necessary reliefs from relevant government agencies.