{"id":29385,"date":"2020-09-01T12:47:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T12:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=29385"},"modified":"2020-09-01T12:47:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T12:47:09","slug":"flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown","title":{"rendered":"Flood takes over Senate President, Ahmed Lawan\u2019s hometown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

Gashu\u2019a, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State and the birthplace of the incumbent Senate President, Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan is in recent time grappling with perennial flooding as the rainy season intensifies.<\/p>\n

For the residents of the ancient town, the raining season is gradually becoming a burden they have to contend with every year, as they consistently live in agony as a result of perennial flooding.<\/p>\n

The agony is always exacerbated during the raining season with the consistent downpour resulting in the submerging of the public infrastructures especially township roads, thereby severing some parts of the community from the others.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Personal property are equally not spared as the perennial flood bares its fangs annually.\"\"<\/p>\n

An anonymous said, \u201cAnytime it rains, our dilapidated roads become flooded. We will be cut off from the rest of the town. Year in, year out, we continue to record huge economic loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another resident also said, \u201cIt is unbelievable that a community which produces the number three citizen in Nigeria is currently in deep distress\u201d.<\/p>\n

It was gathered that a move was recently made by the Senate President to facilitate the construction of an 8-kilometre road in the town, but many criticised the effort, saying it is grossly insufficient.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa Press-Nigeria: Gashu\u2019a, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State and the birthplace of the incumbent Senate President, Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan is in recent time grappling with perennial flooding as the rainy season intensifies. For the residents of the ancient town, the raining season is gradually becoming a burden they have to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":29387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,20],"tags":[722,1050],"class_list":["post-29385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-photo","tag-flood","tag-yobe-state"],"yoast_head":"\nFlood takes over Senate President, Ahmed Lawan\u2019s hometown - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Gashu\u2019a, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State and the birthplace of the incumbent Senate\" \/>\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\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flood takes over Senate President, Ahmed Lawan\u2019s hometown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Gashu\u2019a, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State and the birthplace of the incumbent Senate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-01T12:47:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/flood.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=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\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\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Flood takes over Senate President, Ahmed Lawan\u2019s hometown\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-01T12:47:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown\"},\"wordCount\":221,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/flood.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"flood\",\"Yobe state\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Photo\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown\",\"name\":\"Flood takes over Senate President, Ahmed Lawan\u2019s hometown - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/flood.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-01T12:47:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"description\":\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Gashu\u2019a, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State and the birthplace of the incumbent Senate\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/flood.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/flood.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Flood takes over Senate President, Ahmed Lawan\u2019s hometown\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\",\"name\":\"alico\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Flood takes over Senate President, Ahmed Lawan\u2019s hometown - Nigeria","description":"Africa Press-Nigeria:Gashu\u2019a, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State and the birthplace of the incumbent Senate","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Flood takes over Senate President, Ahmed Lawan\u2019s hometown","og_description":"Africa Press-Nigeria:Gashu\u2019a, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State and the birthplace of the incumbent Senate","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2020-09-01T12:47:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/flood.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"alico","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"alico","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown"},"author":{"name":"alico","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"headline":"Flood takes over Senate President, Ahmed Lawan\u2019s hometown","datePublished":"2020-09-01T12:47:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown"},"wordCount":221,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/flood.jpg","keywords":["flood","Yobe state"],"articleSection":["all news","Photo"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown","name":"Flood takes over Senate President, Ahmed Lawan\u2019s hometown - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/flood.jpg","datePublished":"2020-09-01T12:47:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"description":"Africa Press-Nigeria:Gashu\u2019a, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State and the birthplace of the incumbent Senate","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/flood.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/flood.jpg","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/flood-takes-over-senate-president-ahmed-lawans-hometown#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Flood takes over Senate President, Ahmed Lawan\u2019s hometown"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7","name":"alico","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}