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Government has declared Tamale, Gushiegu, Yendi, Milon, Zabzugu, Tatale, Savelugu/Nanton Sabola as disaster areas this was after severe rainstorm hit the areas some few weeks ago destroying properties worth millions of cedis and displacing several hundreds of residents. A statement signed by the Ministry of Defence and Interior, Mr Mark Wayongo, said government intends taking urgent steps to channel emergency supplies to the disaster victims in the area. Read a copy of the statement from the Ministry of Interior below... As a consequence of the rainstorm that hit the Tamale, Gushiegu, Milon, Yendi, Zabzugu, Tatale, Savelugu/Nanton Sabola and their environs during their week with its attendant loss of life and massive destruction of property running into millions of Ghana cedis, the Ministry of the Interior wants the area to be regarded as a disaster area. The Security Agencies and National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) are hereby directed to take urgent and necessary steps to pressure life and property as well as assist disaster victims. Meanwhile urgent steps are being taken to channel emergency supplies to the disaster victims. The Ministry is hereby appealing to our development partners and philanthropists to support the disaster victims with food, non-food items and other essential materials. The Ministry further wants to assure the people of the affected areas that their plight, concerns and needs are receiving urgent attention and necessary action to ensure that the situation returns to normalcy. Signed: Mark Woyongo (M.P)