The Katsina State Government has presented a cash donation of N9.6 million to 671 victims of flood in the Maibara district of Baure Local Government Area.
Malam Haruna Rigoji, the executive director of the state emergency management agency who presented the cash to the victims in Maibara on Saturday, said the gesture was to provide temporary relief to the victims.
He said the donation was split into three categories in accordance with the level of damage suffered by an individual victim.
He said the three categories were those who suffered total, serious and partial damages.
He said 76 victims who suffered total damage of their residential houses would receive N30,000; 280 seriously damaged houses N15,000 and 316 partially affected received N10,000 each.
He added that the 76 victims who suffered total damage would soon be resettled on a high land, stressing “we have since procured spacious hectares of land for their resettlement.
In his remark, Salisu Suleiman, the Council Chairman of Baure, commended the state government for the gesture.
He said the council would also provide additional support to the victims and supervise the resettlement process.
