The North-East Development Commission (NEDC)has begun an on the spot assessment of the level of destruction caused by flood that ravaged parts of Borno.
Mr Mohammed Alkali, Managing Director of the commission, made this known on Wednesday in a statement signed by Naomi Abwaku, the Media Assistant to NEDC MD in Abuja.
While sympathising with the victims, Alkali promised to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to cushion the effect of the flood disaster.
” This is unfortunate incidence and I will advise that those living in the flood prone areas to exercise extreme caution and avoid those areas for their safety,” he said.
He said that the commission would in the interim liase with the state government and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to support the victims.
According to the NEDC director, the commission will provide relief materials to the victims pending completion of an ongoing investigation into the causes of the flood incidence.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the flood disaster occurred as a result of overflow of waters from the Alau Dam, which affected several communities in Jere, Maiduguri Municipal Area Council and other parts of the state(NAN)