Kananan hukumomi 16 cikin 21 da ambaliyar ta shafa sun yi sanadiyyar mutuwar kimanin mutane 29 tare da gidaje 321,000 da suka lalata gonaki 858,000.
Lalacewar ta shafi manyan amfanin gona irin su shinkafa, masara, da masara ta Guinea, lamarin da ya haifar da fargabar karancin abinci.
Da yake zantawa da manema labarai a Birnin Kebbi a ranar Juma’a, Kwamishinan Yada Labarai na Jihar, Yakubu Ahmed, ya yi gargadin cewa, “Idan ba a kawo agaji ga wuraren da abin ya shafa ba, inda shinkafa, masara, masara, da sauran amfanin gona suka lalace sakamakon ambaliyar ruwa, za a iya samun karancin abinci a jihar da Najeriya gaba daya.”
Ahmed ya kara da cewa, kafin NiMET ta yi hasashen jihar Kebbi za ta fi fama da bala’in, tuni jihar ta fuskanci ambaliyar ruwa sakamakon ruwan dam na Goronyo da kuma hadewar ruwan kogin Rima da kogin Kaa ta kogin Neja. Duk da kokarin gwamnati, jihar ta kasance mai rauni.
“Kananan hukumomi 5 daga cikin 16 na jihar ne kadai abin ya shafa. Ambaliyar ta lalata gonaki, gadoji, da dubban gidaje,” in ji shi. Ya tabbatar da mutuwar mutane bakwai a Shanga, takwas a Maiyama, biyar a Kalgo, bakwai a Jega, biyu kuma a Birnin Kebbi.
Ahmed ya bukaci gwamnatin tarayya da kamfanoni da daidaikun jama’a da su bayar da tallafi cikin gaggawa, domin girman barnar ya wuce abin da gwamnatin jihar za ta iya dauka ita kadai.