Buhari draws global attention to Pakistani floods

President Muhammadu Buhari has called global attention to floods in Pakistan.

The President, in a statement issued Saturday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, extended sympathies for the sea-like flooding, describing it as the worst natural disaster in the country’s history.

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Floods which have damaged half-a-million homes, affected about 30 million people, and killed above 1,000, have washed away hundreds of roads, bridges and other infrastructure.

President Buhari said Pakistan and its population were in the thoughts and prayers of Nigerians as they confronted this humanitarian disaster of epic proportions.

He appealed to the United Nations and other Aid Agencies to take urgent steps to assist people without shelter and food as well as the millions who required urgent humanitarian relief.