$200m Needed For Flooding In Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Kalu Tells AU

Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has said the humanitarian impact of the flood disasters in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States in the North East region of Nigeria would need about $200 million to tackle.

Addressing the special session of the ongoing 12th Annual Conference of Speakers of National and Regional Parliaments at the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) of the African Union (AU) in Midrand, South Africa on Thursday, Kalu said over one million persons were displaced in one of the State by the natural disaster with tens of thousands of families without shelter, food, water and access to healthcare.

In a statement by his chief press secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu, the deputy speaker said flooding is one of the negative impacts of climate change in Africa which must be checked.

Kalu who is leading the Nigerian delegation to the conference told other African leaders that the tragedy has greatly affected the economy and the infrastructures of the states and the country at large.

He urged the African Union and other international organisations to assist Nigeria in solving the humanitarian crisis even as the Parliament at his instance observed one minute silence in honour of those who died in the flood disaster.