President Bola Tinubu has directed his deputy Kashim Shettima to visit Maiduguri, Borno State capital over the flood.
Shettima disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at the 17th annual Banking and Finance Conference (CIBN) with the theme “Accelerated Economic Growth and Development: the state of play and the way forward.”
Parts of the Shehu of Borno Palace, Maiduguri Central Market and University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital have been submerged following the collapse of water channels at Alau Dam.
Other areas badly hit included the GRA, Maiduguri Zoo, College of Nursing, College of Agriculture and School of Health Technology.
“After this meeting with the consent of the president, I will rush to Maiduguri. The whole city has been overtaken by flood,” Shettima said.
“It is not peculiar to one part of the country. We are facing this challenges right from Bayelsa to Sokoto.
“Be rest assured that the president has the nation at heart and will do whatever it takes to salvage the state of affairs.”
Shettima expressed the sympathy of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to all the victims of flood disasters nationwide.
Borno State Government has since announced the closure of schools for two weeks.
