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Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has called global attention to the floods in Parkistan.
President Buhari, in a statement made available to Prime Business Africa by his Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu, extends sympathies for the Saturday’s ”sea-like flooding of Pakistan,” the worst natural disaster in the country’s history.
Floods in Parkistan have damaged half-a-million homes, affecting about 30 million people, killing above 1,000 since June. The floods have washed away hundreds of roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
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President Buhari says Pakistan and its population are in the thoughts and prayers of Nigerians as they confront this humanitarian disaster of epic proportions.
Shehu, on Saturday also quoted President Buhari as having appealed to the United Nations and other Aid Agencies to take urgent steps to assist people without shelter and food as well as the millions who require urgent humanitarian relief following the floods in Parkistan.
The BBC had on Saturday reported desperation and displacement in Sindh province as a result of the floods. Prime Minister Sheehbaz Sharif after visiting the hard=hit areas had said the ”magnitude of the calamity” was bigger than expected.
Foods in Parkistan, according to reports, have killed well over 1,000 people across the Asian country since June this year. Thousands have also been displaced as millions are affected.
The BBC correspondents, who drove through Sindh, reported ”displaced people in every village” and concluded that the full scale of the devastation in the province is yet to be fully understood – but the people described it as the worst disaster they’ve survived.”
Although floods in Parkistan were common place, the Asian country has witnessed more than unusual rains this year leading to serious floods described by natives as ”worst disaster” ever.
A local official called the disaster, ”floods of Biblical proportions”.
Very close to the city of Larkana, thousands of mud homes sunk under water as tree tops were barely visible for miles, according to the BBC.
