No fewer than 17 communities in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State were Tuesday submerged by flood that wreaked havoc in some parts of the council area following a torrential downpour.

Chairman of the council area, Abdullahi Aliyu Tashas, disclosed this when he paid on-the-spot assessment visit to the affected communities in Umaisha Development Area of the Toto Local Government Area.

Tashas, who was represented by his deputy, Abubakar Haruna Kwanaki, said the visit to the scenes of the disasters was to ascertain the level of destructions caused by the flood in the affected communities.

The council chairman expressed sadness that the flood submerged over 17 communities where houses, farmlands, schools, clinics and other properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed.

While sympathizing with the paramount ruler of the area and the people of Umaisha Development Area, Tashas appealed to the state government to come to the aid of the flood victims in order to improve on their living.

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He, however, maintained that the council would do all what it could within its power to assist the victims of the flood and report same to the state government for urgent intervention.

The Ohimege Opanda Umaisha, Alhaji Usman Abdullahi, called on the state and federal governments, non-governmental organizations and spirited individuals to come to the aid of his people.

Communities visited by the Toto Local Government Area chairman where the flood wreaked havoc included Umaisha, Kanaworo, Ehemkpa, Gbagidigbo and Ogbere, among others.

The Star