BEVERLY HILLS, September 06, (THEWILL) – The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday arrived Makurdi for a first-hand assessment of damages caused by the flood that happened in the Benue state capital on August 27 this year.
He was accompanied on the visit by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, who hails from the state.
They were received at the Makurdi airstrip by Governor Samuel Ortom, who immediately took them on a tour of the disaster areas on the plains of River Benue in Makurdi.
They are expected to tour the internally displaced persons, IDPs camp afterwards, where the Vice President will inspect conditions of those taking shelter there.
The camp was opened on August 31, after heavy downpours displaced about 110,000 people from their homes. Locals say about 46,000 homes were affected by the natural disaster.
The Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jibril, had visited the victims four days ago.
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