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.
The spokesperson of the organisation, Ahmad Isah, told PREMIUM TIMES that the flood in the textile market followed the saturation of the ‘Kwarin Gogau’ water canal after torrential rainfall, adding that the canal was blocked by waste materials. According to the official, following the warning by the meteorologists, the SEMA in Kano inaugurated a committee that embarked on public enlightenment to educate the people on the dangers of flooding.
He said: “I am part of the committee that met the state’s deputy governor, Nasiru Gawuna, and we complained that many buildings have blocked the waterways and footpaths in the market. We also demanded that such buildings should be demolished and the government’s swift response is commendable. The official added that most of the demolished buildings were constructed 30 years ago and as development continues to take effect, the buildings became a source of problem in the market causing flooding and resulting in the loss of billions of naira and properties.
Mr Muhammad said during the administration of former governor Ibrahim Shekarau, the overflow of the canal killed four people after some buildings collapsed at Dabinai, Kampala and Kabobo streets in the Fagge council area.
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