Strong windstorm accompanied by heavy rain
have destroyed more than 200 buildings and
electricity installations in Tsanyawa Local
Government area of Kano state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
the rain, which lasted several hours on Monday
evening, caused flooding in the area.
The council chairman, Alhaji Safiyanu
Mohammed, told newsmen in Kano on Tuesday
that property worth millions of Naira were also
destroyed by the windstorm.
The chairman assured victims that the council
would assist them within its ability.
He listed the affected areas to include
Tsanyawa, Garon, Yam'kamye and Harbau.
Mohammed explained that he had visited the
affected areas to sympathise with the victims
with a pledge to assist them.
He, however, called on the state government to
assist the affected persons urgently to alleviate
their sufferings.
Mohammed urged the victims to consider the
incident as the will of Allah and to pray against
future occurrence.
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The chairman appealed to residents to desist
from indiscriminate dumping of refuse on water
passages and stop building on water ways to
avoid flooding. (NAN)
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