Flooding in various areas of Kwara State has claimed seven lives in 2022.
Abubakar Yelwa, the managing director of HYPPADEC (the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission), made this announcement on Sunday in Patigi, Patigi Local Government Area, Kwara State.
The hardest affected communities in Patigi, according to him, were those beside rivers.
According to Abubakar, 1,300 households and 2,800 persons were affected by the flood disaster.
He further revealed that large hectares of farmlands and houses were also submerged in Patigi.
The commission was in the area to assist the victims with relief materials.