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.