Zamfara community raises alarm over gully erosion

Residents of Dansadau in Maru LGA of Zamfara State have appealed to the state government to come to their aid as gully erosion is posing serious threat to their environment. The President of Dansadau Concerned Citizens, Ya’u Muhammad Dansadau, told Daily Trust that about 20 residential houses are being seriously threatened by the erosion while […]

Residents of Dansadau in Maru LGA of Zamfara State have appealed to the state government to come to their aid as gully erosion is posing serious threat to their environment.

The President of Dansadau Concerned Citizens, Ya’u Muhammad Dansadau, told Daily Trust that about 20 residential houses are being seriously threatened by the erosion while the bridge along Gusau-Dansadau road is on the verge of collapse as a result of erosion.

He added that other five spots are also hit by the erosion menace which is seriously devastating them.

“We resorted to self-help and the community spent about N1 million by hiring an excavator so that some degraded  places would be rescued,”  he said.

He said at any moment the threatened bridge, which served at link between many communities, could collapse and that might halt commercial activities of many towns and villages.

“Last week, a man lost his life after fast moving flood waters washed away a tractor conveying them home from the farm at a river about 12km from Dansadau town.  Twenty four  others escaped death but sustained injuries,” he added.

He called on the state government to assist in addressing the environmental challenges squarely saying that the environmental degradation facing the community was a real source of concern to the dwellers of the community.

Responding to the development, the Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Environment, Bello Farnana Bakura, said they were yet to receive any complaint from the local government chairman of the affected community.