Daily Trust

Daily Trust’s

- By Ibrahim Baba Saleh, Damaturu

Yobe State Government commenced rehabilita­tion Gashua cemetery.

This comes 24 hours after Daily Trust’s report on the destructio­n of some graves by the flood.

About 650 graves got submerged while some caved in after a downpour over the weekend.

Governor Mai Mala Buni of has

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Yobe State had directed immediate reconstruc­tion of the cemetery.

Buni gave the directive through the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to act immediatel­y.

The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Mohammed Goje, told our reporter that materials have been mobilised to the site.

A resident, Yahaya Mato, confirmed to our reporter that trucks loaded with blocks were at the cemetery.

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