One clammy morning in the first week of September, Aliyu Isah's phone rang suddenly. It was a distress telephone call from the night guard at the Kantin Kwari textile market in Kano. Like other textile merchants in the market, Mr Isah had left the market leaving everything in its right condition the previous evening. But the news from the other end of the call was as shocking as it was disheartening: Mr Isah's textile shop had been taken over by flood.
Multiple traders at the textile market said the flooding also disrupted their sales and impacted negatively on their annual income as activities in the market ran intermittently after the flooding.warned of imminent flood incidents in some states of the federation, including Kano. The agency said its warning was based on the rainfall distribution and amounts recorded in the country during the rainy season.
"After the flooding, we have to evacuate all wrappers from the mall and the ones in the store to sort out the damages. We took them to dry but, unfortunately, some people without empathy also stole many of the clothes while we were drying them at home and other various places," he said. "We have also lost patronage in the immediate aftermath of the flooding, and if I am asked to advise the government on the way forward for the flooding, I will say they should continue with the demolition of buildings on the waterways."
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