{"id":127856,"date":"2024-08-14T21:36:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T20:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/flooding-16-die-3838-displaced-in-jigawa"},"modified":"2024-08-14T22:46:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T21:46:06","slug":"flooding-16-die-3838-displaced-in-jigawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flooding-16-die-3838-displaced-in-jigawa","title":{"rendered":"Flooding: 16 die, 3,838 displaced in Jigawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>No fewer than 16 people lost their lives while 3,834 others were displaced as a result of flooding in 10 LGAs of Jigawa State.<\/p>\n<p>The floods also washed away 2,744 hectares of farmland.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Secretary of Jigawa State Emergency and Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Haruna Mairiga disclosed while briefing newsmen on the flooding situation in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Mairiga explained that the floods left several people across the affected local governments displaced while their houses and farms were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>He said some of the displaced persons are taking shelter at primary schools while others relocated to their relatives villages.<\/p>\n<p>The affected local governments include Buji, Kafin Hausa, Auyo, Hadejia, Birniwa, Gwaram, Malam Madori, Garki, Taura, Suletankarkar, Kaugama and Dutse.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that more rain is expected during the season, he said the government is making efforts towards assisting the victims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. No fewer than 16 people lost their lives while 3,834 others were displaced as a result of flooding in 10 LGAs of Jigawa State. The floods also washed away 2,744 hectares of farmland. The Executive Secretary of Jigawa State Emergency and Management Agency (SEMA), Dr Haruna Mairiga disclosed while briefing newsmen on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":127855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[722,708,254],"class_list":["post-127856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-flood","tag-jigawa","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Flooding: 16 die, 3,838 displaced in Jigawa - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"No fewer than 16 people lost their lives while 3,834 others were displaced as a result of flooding in 10 LGAs of Jigawa ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flooding-16-die-3838-displaced-in-jigawa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flooding: 16 die, 3,838 displaced in Jigawa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"No fewer than 16 people lost their lives while 3,834 others were displaced as a result of flooding in 10 LGAs of Jigawa ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flooding-16-die-3838-displaced-in-jigawa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-14T20:36:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-14T21:46:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723659343.666884.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flooding-16-die-3838-displaced-in-jigawa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flooding-16-die-3838-displaced-in-jigawa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Flooding: 16 die, 3,838 displaced in Jigawa\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-14T20:36:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-14T21:46:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flooding-16-die-3838-displaced-in-jigawa\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flooding-16-die-3838-displaced-in-jigawa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723659343.666884.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"flood\",\"Jigawa\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flooding-16-die-3838-displaced-in-jigawa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flooding-16-die-3838-displaced-in-jigawa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flooding-16-die-3838-displaced-in-jigawa\",\"name\":\"Flooding: 16 die, 3,838 displaced in Jigawa - 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