Over 10,000 people have been displaced, while farmlands and other properties worth millions of naira were destroyed by flood after a long spell of intense rain in Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
This is according to the Emir of Gummi, retired Justice Hassan Lawal who briefed the governor on Saturday when Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal, showed up for an on-the-spot assessment to the local government.
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The governor sympathised with the flood victims and announced an immediate relief package of N100 million, as well as the distribution of 10,000 bags of assorted grains, along with mosquito nets and blankets, to them.
