President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of 800 million naira for flood rehabilitation in Jama’are local government area of Bauchi State.
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, who announced this while addressing people of the area at Jama’are River yesterday, said the funds was approved under the ecological project of the federal government.
The Governor requested the federal government to look into the possibility of providing Dam in Jama’are under its Water Resources Strategy as part of measures to avert reoccurrence of over flooding in the area.
Governor Mohammed, therefore, cautioned farmers in the area against farming in water ways in order not to be affected by the flood.
The Acting Head of Administration, Jama’are local government, Bala Hafizu, had earlier said over 100 farmlands, worth over 100 million naira had been affected as a result of over flooding.
