The wife of Senator Aliyu Wadada, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Nasarawa State, Hajiya Maryam Ahmed Wadada, has donated N10 million to flood victims in Doma local government area of the state.
The donation was made during her visit to the affected riverine communities in Doma on Thursday.
Speaking on the visit, a community representative who spoke in an interview said the gesture was well appreciated and would go a long way in addressing some of the challenges facing the victims.
He thanked the donor for the intervention and appealed to other wealthy individuals, politicians and well-meaning Nigerians in the state to emulate the gesture by coming to the aid of the flood-affected communities.
Beyond cash donations, he said the communities are also in urgent need of medical intervention.
“There are areas too, apart from cash donation and other things, [with] outbreaks of malaria, cholera, and other related diseases. So we are equally appealing to them to come for medical outreach,” he said.
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He stressed that medical outreach would complement cash donations and help prevent further loss of lives in the affected communities.
Earlier reports noted that the flood ravaged 11 communities in Doma, destroying shelters, washing away farmlands and contaminating sources of potable drinking water, forcing residents to flee their homes.
In Ijiwo community, residents were said to be drinking water from the river because they had no borehole or any other option, while battling malaria and typhoid linked to their exposure during the flood.
The member representing Doma South, Hon. Musa Ibrahim Abubakar, was also quoted as raising concern over the health situation, saying malaria was already prevalent in the affected communities, with reported cases of cholera “here and there” and fear of a possible outbreak.
The fresh appeal for medical outreach, therefore, reinforces the concerns earlier raised by the victims and their representatives over the deteriorating health conditions in the affected communities.
