Kebbi Flooding: Malami To Provide Boreholes For Displaced Residents

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has pledged to provide boreholes to persons displaced by the recent flood in Kebbi State through two of his NGOs.

This was contained in a statement signed by Malami’s Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, on Sunday.

The AGF made this known in Bagudo Local Government in Kebbi state, while sympathizing with victims of the flood in the area.

According to the statement, ” Malami has urged Khadimiyya for Justice and Development Initiative and Khadi Malami Foundation to liaise with relevant authorities to identify the victims of the flood, pay visits for direct contact with the victims and provide boreholes at the camps of displaced flood victims in the area.”

He said that he would keep the promise so as to alleviate the suffering of the masses in the affected areas.

“The two NGOs have a record of constructing 139 boreholes in the states while efforts are being made to construct additional fifty more boreholes within the shortest time possible,” the statement partly read.

On his part, the Bahindin Bagudo who was represented by the Magajin Bagudo, Alhaji Mainasara Magaji, appreciated the AGF for the gesture.

THE WHISTLER earlier reported that Malami had said that the federal government was planning to establish the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) in parts of the country.

He also made cash donations worth N2.5 million to two affected communities in the state.

The statement further reads: “In Koko Besse Local Government, for instance, 39 villages were submerged by flood resulting into having 12 camps of flood-displaced camps in addition to those residing in their residences of their relatives.”