Breaking: Buhari visits storm-ravaged Bauchi
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president muhammadu buhari has arrived bauchi capital of bauchi state where a windstorm on saturday destroyed many buildings and schools1 buhari who only several months ago visited the city returned this morning to commiserate with the people over the loss of lives and property1 president buhari had on 19 june also dispatched a team led by the minister of education malam adamu adamu to assess the damage done by the storm1 an estimated 1505 houses including the office of the news agency of nigeria were destroyed by the storm1 the presidential delegation included the director general of national emergency management agency nema mr mustapha yunusa maihaja1 gov. mohammed abubakar of bauchi had said 349 schools were damaged across the state by the windstorm1 abubakar disclosed this while receiving chairman and members of the universal basic education commission ubec governing board in bauchi on a courtesy visit1 from the report we received so far 349 schools were affected by the recent disaster from 13 out of the 20 local government areas of the state1 the schools need immediate renovation because the roofs furniture and computers were all damaged and students are about to start examination he said1 abubakar called on management of ubec to assist in renovation of some of the schools just as he urged the chairman to find time and inspect some of the affected schools1