The Adamawa state government has received food and non-food items from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for onward distribution to victims of the recent flood disaster in Yola South LGA that claimed 25 lives.
The items include 500 bags of 25kg rice, 500 bags of 25kg maize, 500 cartons of spaghetti, 50 cartons of seasoning cubes, 50 cartons of tomato paste, 50 kegs of vegetable oil, and 50 bags of iodized salt.
Other items are 1,000 plastic cups, 1,000 plastic spoons, 250 sets of children’s clothing, 200 nylon mats, 200 blankets, and 200 mattresses.
Receiving the items on behalf of the state government, Deputy Governor Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta expressed appreciation to the federal government for the timely support.
Farauta assured that the materials would be distributed transparently to all verified beneficiaries in the affected areas and commended President Bola Tinubu for the intervention, calling him “a father to the nation”.
“We want to say thank you to Mr President for this gesture, and to NEMA for always standing by us in difficult times,” she said.
She added that the state government would establish a committee to identify affected households and displaced individuals, ensuring the effective distribution of the items.
Presenting the items on Thursday in Yola on behalf of the agency’s Director-General, Mrs Zubaida Umar, North-East Zonal Director of NEMA, Mr Yakubu Suleiman, said the intervention was part of the Federal Government’s efforts to cushion the effects of the disaster on displaced persons across affected communities.
“The agency, through its Disaster Response Unit, actively supported evacuation and emergency response operations during the flood, and that precautionary measure taken ahead of the incident helped to reduce the casualty rate,” he said.
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