More than 200 households have been destroyed by floods in Makurdi, Benue State.
This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Emmanuel Shior, in Makurdi on Wednesday at the monthly distribution of relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons.
The affected areas of Makurdi are Naka Road, Achusa Kucha Utebe, Gyado Villa, Judge’s Quarters Extension and parts of Nyiman, among others.
Mr Shior said flooding was not this terrible in the state in the past.
The state’s Committee on Floods, he said, had approved the expansion of selected camps in Makurdi, Guma and Logo to accommodate flood victims.
He said recent attacks on some communities in the state had resulted in the displacement of more than 400,000 people.
