NEMA donates relief materials to flood victims in Kano

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has donated relief materials worth millions of naira to victims of this year's flood disaster in 14 local government areas of Kano State.The items donated included 1, 200 bundles of roofing sheets, 1, 800 bags of cement, 4,000 pieces of plants, 200 package of zinc nails and 200 bags of nails.Others were 1, 200 bags of rice, 600 bags of maize, 300 bags of guinea corn, 200 bags of millet, 200 bags of beans, 800 cartons of cereals and 2,000 pieces of blankets.Speaking while presenting the items to victims of the disaster in Tarauni Local Government Area in Kano, the Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Sani Sidi, said the gesture was to alleviate the sufferings of the affected persons.Represented by his Chief Press Secretary, Alhaji Yusha'u Shu'aibu, he said the items were donated based on the assessment conducted by NEMA officials in the zone in August.He said that NEMA and the State Relief Emergency and Rehabilitation Agency (SARERA) would distribute the materials to the affected victims in the remaining 13 local government areas.In his remarks, the Executive Secretary, SARERA, Mr Jibrin Abubakar, thanked the Federal Government for the gesture and reminded the victims that the donation was not a compensation but as support to ameliorate their sufferings.
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