The Wurno Local Government in Sokoto
State said it would soon evacuate no fewer than 10,000 people from 20 flood-prone
communities in the area.
The
Caretaker Chairman of the local government, Alhaji Shehu Chacho, disclosed this
to newsmen at Wurno on Wednesday.
He spoke
shortly after an emergency meeting convened to discuss the notice on the
planned release of excess water from Goronyo dam by the Sokoto Rima River Basin
Development Authority ( SRBDA), Sokoto.
He listed
the affected communities to include; Gidan-Kamba, Gidan-Bango one and two,
‘Yar-Wurnoni, Gidan-Modu, Lahodu, Tunga, Barayara zaki, and Arba.
“The
people in all these communities must have to be evacuated to primary schools,
government quarters and other government buildings.
“This
measure has become necessary so as to prevent loss of lives and property.
“They
always say that a stitch in time saves nine, and to be forewarned is to be
forearmed,” Chacho, said.
He called
on the state government to expedite action on the repairs of the spillway of
the state-owned Lugu dam in the area which had broken down in 2014.
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