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Speaker 1: Reports from Moqua community in Niger State on Monday indicated

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that over one hundred and fifty three people have been

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confirmed dead with hundreds of houses destroyed as floodwaters submerged

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large part of the community during the heavy downpall that

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occurred last Wednesday and Thursday, with residents stating with video

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footage that the floodwaters washed away thousands of families who

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were still at sleep as at five am on Wednesday

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when the water started submerging parts of Tiffenmasar and Angou

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and Houseware communities in Moqua and some of those who

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woke up immediately to escape the floodwaters. As seen in

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one of the video footigers ran to rooftop of a house,

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but they were all completely washed away as the floodwaters

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destroyed the building. Director General of National Emergency Management Agency NIEMA,

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zubda Umar, had confirmed in a statement she issued on

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Saturday that over one hundred and fifty one bodies have

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been recovered from the scene of the floodwater disaster, adding

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search and rescue efforts was still ongoing to account for

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missing persons. Aspired Alliance team who joined the rescued team

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in Moqua in a statement on Monday said that is

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at Monday afternoon, the death toll has risen to one

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hundred and fifty three according to the Aspired Alliance Team.

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As of today, Monday, June second, twenty twenty five, one

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hundred and fifty three dead bodies have been recovered as

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a result of the Moqua flood disaster, with search and

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recovery operations still ongoing. Aspire Alliance Team are very much

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on site to access the situations at the separate IDP

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camps inaugurated. It was gathered that the relief materials from

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Hajea Fatima Mohammad Bago, wife of Niger States Governor, have

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arrived at the idp’s camp in Peggay Primary School, Moqua.

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Distribution to affected families will begin immediately as instructed by

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the Council Chairman, according to local media. Zubda Umar, Director

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General National Emergency Management AIM Agency NIEMA, on Saturday stated,

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as presented verbatim below, Mokua Flooding Situation Report updates as

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at ten pm Saturday, May thirty first, twenty twenty five.

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The National Emergency Management Agency, together with other sister emergency

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response bodies, is intensifying efforts to rescue and save missing

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persons and provide relief to disaster victims and their families.

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Our Rapid Response and Recovery Team conducted a symbolic distribution

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of the relief materials to affected persons and then handed

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over to the local government area SEMMA and community Leader

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Sarkenhauswer to continue the distribution. So far, one hundred and

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fifty one bodies have been recovered, five hundred and three

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households and two hundred and sixty four houses have been affected,

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and three thousand eighteen individuals displaced. We are also closely

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monitoring the full recovery of all the initially admitted victims

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at various health centers that are not treated and discharged.

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The two township roads and bridges that were damaged by

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the flooding have impacted vehicular movement and economic activities Negatively,

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working together with the state government, we are rerouting traffic

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to alternative roads within the town. We are providing potable

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water for domestic use of residents within the affected communities,

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including other hygiene measures to prevent the outbreak of waterborne

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diseases associated with flooding disasters. In line with the directive

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of President Bola Tanubu, all hands are on deck to

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ensure that every necessary support is provided to the town

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during this trying time while the situation is generally getting

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back to normal. On Friday, she said, today I led

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a team from our headquarters to join other emergency respondents

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at the ongoing search and rescue operations in Pegae area

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of Makua following the devastating flood that recently hit the

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community to oversee on the site assessment of the unfortunate disaster.

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The epicenters of the disaster have been identified as Munguen

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Hausawa and Tiffan Maser neighborhoods in Mokua Township. While most

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of the rescued victims are currently receiving medical treatment at

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various health care centers in the town, others with mild

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pain received immediate first aid at the sites of rescue. Tragically,

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no fewer than one hundred lives were claimed and bodies recovered.

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NIMA also today delivered relief materials to the family of

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the disaster survivors through Comrade Yukubugaba, the Deputy Governor of

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the state. These items include essential food and non food supplies.

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Our water treatment equipment earlier deployed are also providing drinking

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water to affected communities. An ex social media user Abu Moqua,

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on Saturday tweeted with photographs of families allegedly killed by

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the floodwaters and stated that this family too. Most families

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were completely washed away cause the flood submerger around five am,

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when some of them were still sleeping. Those who were

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awakened escape to the rooftops were later washed away too

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because the buildings couldn’t longer withstand the floods. One ready

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bringing you bring it in a mortgagou. Many