The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has sent essential relief materials to provide immediate succour to those displaced and affected by the deadly attack on the Yelwata community in Benue state.
A statement by the agency’s head of press unit Manzo Ezekiel says the intervention followed a rapid needs assessment jointly conducted by officials of NEMA, the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, the Nigerian Red Cross Society and relevant security agencies.
Director General of NEMA, Zubaida Umar, has activated the Agency’s North Central Zonal Office, under the leadership of Zonal Director Aliyu Waziri, to oversee the prompt distribution of the relief items in coordination with Benue Emergency Management Authority
She also directed that a more detailed assessment of the affected population and infrastructure be carried out to determine any additional support that may be required.
The relief materials approved and deployed are food and non food items including bags of parboiled rice, maize, spaghetti, vegetable oil, seasoning cubes, tomato paste, iodized salt and mattresses.
(Editor: Oloyede Oworu)
