By Kasim Sumaina
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) weekend, distributed relief materials to 1,112 households devastated by windstorm that swept through four communities in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State.
The Agency, in a statement in Abuja by its Head Media and Public Relations, Mr. Manzo Ezekiel, noted that Ogomogom, Akorofono, Nkarasi and Abinti communities in Ikom LGA bore the brunt of the windstorm which pulled off roofs, destroyed houses worth millions of naira.
The NEMA Director General, AVM Muhammadu Muhammed (rtd), who flagged off the relief distribution at Ikom LGA Secretariat, sympathised with the affected persons, saying that the relief items were approved by President Muhammadu Buhari for onward delivery to the victims.
Views: Visits 7 By Joseph Erunke – Abuja The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has said it distributed relief materials to 1,112 households devastated by a windstorm that swept through four communities in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State. NEMA named Ogomogom, Akorofono, Nkarasi, and Abinti communities in Ikom Local Government Area as beneficiaries of the gesture. The communities, according to a statement Sunday,by the agency’s Head, Media and Public Relations, Manzo Ezekiel, received the items at the weekend. They have been bearing the brunt of the windstorm which pulled off roofs, destroyed houses with loss of properties. “NEMA Director-General, AVM Muhammadu Muhammed (rtd), who flagged off the relief distribution at Ikom Local Government Area Secretariat, sympathized with the affected persons, noting the relief items were approved by President Muhammadu Buhari for delivery to them by the Agency,” the statement said.
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Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja
Published 13 May 2021
The National Emergency Management Agency on Thursday announced that it had commenced the direct distribution of relief materials to 24,925 households of internally displaced persons affected by banditry in 14 Local Government Areas of Niger State.
Director-General, NEMA, Muhammadu Muhammed, flagged off the relief materials distribution in Kuta, the headquarters of Shiroro Local Government Area of the state.
A statement issued in Abuja by the agency’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Manzo Ezekiel, stated that Muhammed, who was represented by the Head of Minna Operations Office, Zainab Saidu, sympathised with the affected persons.
Okechukwu Nnodim Published 14 May 2021Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The National Emergency Management Agency on Thursday announced that it had commenced the direct distribution of relief materials to 24,925 households of internally displaced persons affected by banditry in 14 Local Government Areas of Niger State.The Director-General, NEMA, Muhammadu Muhammed, inaugurated the relief materials distribution in Kuta, the headquarters of Shiroro Local.