NEMA: Over 300 houses affected by earth tremor in Kaduna

No fewer than 300 houses were destroyed by the earth tremor which occurred in some villages in Kadu­na State, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has said.
The tremors, which took place on Sunday and in the early hours of Monday at Kwoi, Nok and Samban Dagi, left scores of structures with cracks or total collapse.
NEMA Zonal Coordinator in the North West, Musa Illalah, who spoke on the twin incidents with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Thursday, explained that no life was lost in the natural disasters.

Illalah said that the affect­ed houses either collapsed or got cracked.
He said: “We have gone round and have seen the houses that were affected. The assessment is still ongoing; we are waiting for the geologists to tell us the root of the problem and what will be the next plan of action for the occu­pants of these communities.’’
The NEMA official urged the residents to remain calm, saying that measures were being taken by the Federal and the Kaduna State governments to assist the affect­ed persons.
According to him, “We in NEMA will do our best; we are going to write our report and send it to the headquarters in Abuja.
“We all know that the rock is the root of the problem but only the geological services will be able to tell us the cause of the tremor,’’ he said.
Multiple earth tremors were recorded in three locations in Jaba Local Government Area of Kadu­na State during the period.