The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in its determination to alleviate the hardships people that were affected by flood disaster were facing the agency has commenced distribution of relief materials to 22,658 households affected by the 2022 flood disaster and vulnerable in Kano.
The Director-General NEMA, Mr Mustapha Ahmed-Habib, stated this while flagging off distribution of the relief materials to beneficiaries in Kano.
According to him,” The gesture was under Special National Economic Livelihood Emergency Intervention (SNELEI) for households affected by the 2022 flood and vulnerable in the state.
Ahmed-Habib however stated that the aim
was to bring succor to the victims, adding that the food items distributed included rice, beans, sorghum, vegetable oil, salt, tomato paste and seasoning cubes.
He further disclosed that the non-food-items include mosquito nets, nylon mats, blankets, mattresses, plastic buckets, sets of cooking pots, toiletries and cooking stoves.
He hinted that other livelihood equipment included sewing machines, Agricultural inputs such as grinding machines, maize seeds, rice seeds, groundnut seeds, water pumping machines, liquid fertilizer, growth enhancers, pesticides, herbicides and knapsack sprayers.
Alhaji Ahmed-Habib advised the beneficiaries to make proper use of the items to improve their socio-economic conditions and avoid selling the items.
“The crop seedlings and equipment are given to take farmers back to the land, stimulate crop production and safeguard our national food security in the middle economic downturn.
The director general commended President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima for the support given toward the implementation of the intervention.
He disclosed that ” A total of 660,884 households were verified and targeted to benefit from this Federal Government intervention across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territorial Abuja,” Ahmed-Habib said.
Speaking on the occasion, the state governor Alhaji Abba Kabir-Yusuf commended the Federal Government and NEMA for the timely intervention.
Kabir-Yusuf, represented by his Deputy, Mr Aminu Abdulsalam-Gwarzo, said 22 Local Government Areas across the three Senatorial zones in the state would benefit from the relief materials.
“979 households each from 20 local government areas will benefit, while Kano Municipal and Tarauni local government were allocated 1,520 households respectively.
Alhaji Yusuf while urging the beneficiaries to judiciously use the items, informed them of the government commitment toward supporting all programmes that will be directed toward alleviating the socio-economic hardship on our citizens and residents,” he said.
While speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Malam Ibrahim Muhammad commended the agency for the kind gesture and also urged wealthy individuals to emulate the good gesture of the government to assist the needy.
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