Flood control: Jigawa gov’t inaugurates 9-member committee

Jigawa State government has inaugurated a nine-member flood control committee with the mandate to assist in mitigating the menace of flooding in the state.

The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Adamu Fanini, while speaking at the inauguration of the committee on Monday, stated that its terms of reference were to identify critical areas affected along the riverbank, as well as identify possible causes of the damage within the affected locations, and advise government on the appropriate measures to check the menace.

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He said the committee had Alhaji Hamza Muhammad, the Special Adviser to the State Government, on Community and Social Inclusion, as chairman and Mr Bello Idris, Director, Flood and Erosion Control, Ministry of Environment, as secretary.