89 Schools washed away by Flood in Adamawa ... State calls for FG's Intervention

The Adamawa state government has appealed to the federal  government and other  multi-lateral  organisations to urgently come to the assistance of the people of the state, as the magnitude of the flooding disaster is far beyond the scope of the state government.

The appeal came as the flood threatens to cut off the state from  other part of the country, as two culverts on the Yola---Gombe road situated at Ngbalang , near the Numan bridge-head, were partially washed away on Friday.

Speaking to pressmen  at the weekend, the Secretary to state Government,  Adamawa state , and chairman of the state emergency committee on the flood disaster, Chief Kobis  Ari—Thimnu, said the flood situation was compounded by the opening of the sluice gate at the Dadin- kowa  and  Kiri dams in Gombe and Adamawa states.

He stated that with the combined effect of the Rivers Benue and Gongola, over flooding its banks, with excess  water from the Lagdo dam  in the republic of Cameroon, and the two  neighborhood dams,  in the country , Adamawa state is literally  drowning .

He said that the state  is being confronted with a disaster of enormous proportion. http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/adamawa-cries-out-as-flood-washes-away-89-schools/125213/