Indigenes from at least 15 Nigerian states are said to have lost their lives in the recent flood disaster that ravaged 3 communities in Mokwa town, killing more than 200 people, and displacing about 9,000 others.
Deputy Governor Yakubu Garba revealed the statistics when he received a visiting team from Catholic faith-based Veritas University at Government House, Minna.
He described the Mokwa flood as a national disaster.
The Deputy Governor also commended his visitors for being the first faith-based organisation in the country to have paid the state and the people a condolence visit with donations.
He urged the faith-based organisation to continue praying for God to avert the recurrence of such incidents.
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Items donated included 150 pieces of mattresses, cartons of water purification guards, cartons of mosquito repellent cream, and some torch lights.
The leader of the visiting team, Veritas University’s Dean of the Faculty of Education, Peter Bakwaph, said that as part of its Corporate Work of Mercy, the institution decided to donate some relief materials to cushion the hardship of affected persons, some of whom are relatives of Veritas University’s students.
(Editor: Oloyede Oworu)
