Nigeria is going to provide support for Libya flood victims—-Tinubu

We Are Providing Support For Libya Flood Victims—-Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said his government is ready to provide all essential support to the Libyan people hit by the devastating floods that followed the Mediterranean storm Daniel on Sunday.
“Nigeria is ready to provide all necessary support to assist the Libyan people in overcoming this harrowing tragedy,” read a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Wednesday.

The statement is titled ‘President Tinubu condoles with Libya over Storm Daniel and resulting floods.’

So far, at least 5,300 bodies have been recovered in the eastern port city of Derna, the worst-hit location where over 34,000 people were displaced.

Experts say the staggering death and devastation inflicted by storm Daniel speaks not only to its intensity but also to the vulnerability of the North African state battered by over a decade of infighting, which weakened critical infrastructure.

Derna was severely affected by the bursting of two dams whose maintenance history has been questioned since the disaster.

External help from Turkey, Egypt and Italy had only reached Derna on Tuesday and Wednesday, about 48 hours after the disaster struck.