Hunger, Diseases Ravage Nasarawa Flood Victims As Relief Fail To Arrive

Weeks after floodwaters receded in Nasarawa State, displaced residents who have returned to their communities are now battling hunger, malaria and typhoid, as they drink polluted river water and sleep in makeshift shelters, with promised government relief yet to arrive.
The flood, which ravaged 11 communities in Doma local government area of the state, destroyed shelters, washed away farmlands and contaminated sources of potable drinking water, forcing residents to flee their homes.
In Ijiwo community, the youth leader Mr. Sunday said all the displaced persons have returned, but their return has been far from comfortable.
“Everybody have returned back to the community,” he said.
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