The Federal Government has handed over 42, 000 metric tonnes of assorted food items to the Zamfara State government, for onward distribution to religious organisations and boarding schools, to cushion the effects of hardship on the people.
The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, represented by Zonal Director Audu Ishaya, handed over the food items to the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal in Gusau, the state capital, where he appealed to the state government to take proactive, necessary mitigative measures against flooding.
The representative of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Audu Ishaya, gave a breakdown of the assorted food items allocated to Zamfara State, including 6,160 bags of 50 kg of maize, 12,040 bags of 50 kg of sorghum, and 2,520 bags of 50 kg of millet.
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He also said the president has directed that twenty percent of the food items due for each local government should be given to Ja’amatu Nasril Islam ( JNI) and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and three percent to boarding schools in the LGAs.
Ishaya disclosed that this year’s rainfall prediction informed that in April, May, and June, twenty-five states and seventy-two local government areas are in flood-high-risk areas, while noting that the vulnerability is likely to persist into the subsequent months of July to September, with thirty-three states and 135 LGAs identified as high-risk areas.
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State appreciated the Federal Government’s gesture to the people of the state, and said the assorted food items would provide relief to the beneficiaries, as it comes at a time when they need it.
President Bola Tinubu had also approved the release of assorted food commodities, such as Maize, millet, sorghum, and garri from the National Strategic Reserve to reduce the harsh economic situation being experienced in the country, in line with his Renewed Hope Agenda.
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
