The Sokoto State
government has donated the sum of N80 million to the 681 flood victims
in Gwadabawa local government area of the state.
The state
commissioner for water resources, Umaru Walin-Isa, disclosed this on
Sunday in Huchi village while addressing the victims before the
commencement of the disbursement of the money to them.
Mr. Walin-Isa said
that the beneficiaries were drawn from Huchi, Kagara, and Kaura-Daudu
villages and that majority of them lost their houses and farmlands in
the September 2010 flood disaster that affected the state.
He said that any
victim who lost a room or a fence would receive N10,000 while each
hectare of farmland lost would attract N20,000.
“The minimum amount
to be given to a beneficiary is N10,000 while the maximum is N230,000.
The money is not a compensation but a gesture aimed at alleviating the
suffering of the flood victims,” he explained.
He urged the beneficiaries to use the money for the purpose it was meant, to reduce some of the hardship caused by the disaster.
