By EMMANUEL OLONIRUHA
ABUJA- The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has sympathised with victims of flood across the country.
In a press statement issued by his media office on Thursday in Abuja Abubakar expressed sadness at the flooding that has ravaged Jigawa, Kogi, Benue, Adamawa, Kebbi, Taraba, Kano, Bauchi, Anambra, Niger and Ebonyi, among others.
He noted that the flood left casualties in human lives and property kin its trail.
The PDP presidential flag bearer called for immediate provision of relief materials for the victims.
“We have a situation in our hands that calls for national emergency both in the management of climate change challenges and providing palliatives to victims of the flooding,’’ he said.
Abubakar warned that those who live in the most vulnerable areas be temporarily evacuated to avert further loss of lives.
He explained that his warning was premised on the alert from the meteorological agency that 24 states would still witness huge rainfall that might worsen the situation.
Abubakar called on governments at all levels, as well as non-governmental institutions to rise to the occasion by ensuring that necessary reliefs got to those affected. (NAN)
