[News] Flood kills seven, displaces 2,800 in Kwara state

 

At least seven people lost their lives to flood disasters in different parts of Kwara State in 2022.

 

Managing Director, Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission, HYPPADEC, Abubakar Yelwa, disclosed this on Sunday, September 25, in Patigi, Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State.He identified riverine communities in Patigi as the worst hit by the disaster.

Abubakar said 1,300 households and 2,800 persons were affected by the flood disaster.

 

He further revealed that large hectares of farmlands and houses were also submerged in Patigi.

 

The commission was in the area to assist the victims with relief materials.