President Bola Tinubu has ordered Vice President Kashim Shettima to immediately visit Maiduguri, Borno State, following the collapse of the Alau Dam which led to severe flooding that overtook the city.
Shettima while speaking on Tuesday at the 17th Annual Banking and Finance Conference (CIBN), which was centred around the theme “Accelerated Economic Growth and Development: Current Status and Future Directions,” disclosed that he would travel to Maiduguri immediately after leaving the meeting as the whole city has been overtaken by flood.
”After this meeting with the consent of the President, I will rush to Maiduguri. The whole city has been overtaken by flood.
“It is not peculiar to one part of the country. We are facing this challenges right from Bayelsa to Sokoto.
“Be rest assured that the President has the nation at heart and will do whatever it takes to salvage the state of affairs,”
“I want to use this forum to commiserate with the people of our great nation over the flood disasters we are recording all across the length and breath of this nation,” Shettima said.
Recall as earlier reported by TheNewsGuru.com (TNG), several parts of Maiduguri have witnessed massive flooding, which has been linked to the overflowing of Alau Dam.
A statement in the early hours of Tuesday by Prof. Usman Tar, the Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, titled “Flooding Alert for River Bank Residents “, called for immediate evacuation.
He said, “Due to the unusually high volume of water this year, we urge all the residents living along the river bank to take immediate action to protect themselves and their properties.
“The Alau Dam water has broken down another channel that is currently destroying farms and the water is heading toward the river bank.”