Flood has wrecked several buildings and made dozens of inhabitants homeless in Makurdi, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

NAN reports that flooding has become a regular occurrence over the last decade, destroying property worth millions of Naira and claiming life in some cases.

According to the agency’s correspondent who travelled around the state capital, the calamity impacted substantial areas of Achussah, Agber Village, Ayado Villa, and Judges Quarters, among others.

The districts were among the most ravaged by the 2017 floods, which displaced over 120,000 people in Benue’s capital, Makurdi.

Mr James Igbawua of Agber Village told NAN that the situation was out of hand and that they had reported it to all appropriate authorities over the years but no with no positive response.

Igbawua stated that the community could not do much because the matter required hundreds of millions to be solved.

The issue was similar in Judge’s Quarters Extension, where water spilled on a drainage system built on Ashavir street, leaving residents without access routes.

The calamity has also made many people in the area homeless, as floods have temporarily taken over their homes.

President Muhammadu Buhari launched a 3.35-kilometer drainage channel in Makurdi, Benue, in 2020 to solve ecological concerns confronting the Idye Community.

The canal has substantially reduced the effect of floods around the axis, but because the second and third phases of the project were yet to be built, there was no free flow of water, causing considerable damage to areas like Agber, Achussah and Nyiman.

Dr Godwin Oyiwona, the State Commissioner for Water Resources and Environment, previously told NAN that the Idye Basin was the main cause of flooding in Makurdi.

Oyiwona stated that the government had granted an undisclosed sum for the cleaning of the Idye Basin, which controlled the majority of the water flow within the town to the River Benue.

He also said that other places not related to the Basin were being addressed independently to assure that there would be no flooding in 2022.

He stated that the administration was doing all necessary to educate citizens who live in flood-prone areas in order to lessen their impact.

He claimed that floods, which had become a yearly issue in the state, had devastated property throughout the years worth billions of Naira and lives, adding that a huge amount of money was needed to address it permanently.