From Saka Bolaji, Minna
Niger government has distributed N65 million relief materials to 78 communities whose farm land were destroyed as a result of flood that ravaged Mokwa and Edati Local Government Areas of the state this year.
It will be recalled that three wards in Mokwa and one ward in Edati were destroyed by flood that occurred on Sept. 19.
Alhaji Ibrahim Inga, Director General of the state Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), said that the cause of the flood was as a result of the rains and water released from river Kaduna and river Niger.
He said that more than 500 hectares of rice farm and houses were washed away by flood.
Inga said that the relief material were to assist victims to resettle themselves so as to earn a decent living.
He added that government has provided food and non-food items such as rice, maize, vegetable oil, Maggi and wrappers, roofing materials to assist victims.
The Director General urged the benefiting communities to complement government gesture by promoting peace and unity in their localities.
He assured that government would continue to support victims of various disasters to cushion the effect.
District Head of Wuya Kede, Alhaji Ibrahim Yawa, commended the state government’s intervention in reducing the suffering of the victims.
Alhaji Mohammed Alhassan, a beneficiary, said: “I am very happy that today, government has fulfilled it promised by giving us these relief materials. This act is dividend of democracy in the state.”
Another beneficiary, Adamu Mohammed, commended the state government’s effort and called for continuous support to the less privileged in the society.
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