About 100 victims affected by the 2020 flood in Bindawa Local Government Area of Katsina State, have received relief materials from the Nigerian Red Cross Society, NRCS.
The Katsina State Chairman of the Nigerian Red Cross Society, Dr Aliyu Funtua who flagged off the distribution of the items,said the relief materials is a collaboration of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, FMHDS and the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS.
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Funtua also said, the organisation is presently renovating 12 houses of the most vulnerable poorest victims who cannot rebuild their homes, or have persons to assist them after the disaster.
Explaining the mode of selection of the victims, especially for those whose houses are being renovated, as well as reviving and renovating boreholes, Funtua said it is based on the feasibility studies conducted by volunteers of the organisation, who cut across the Bindawa Local Government Area of the state.
He also promised that the houses under renovation will be completed within next week, and be handed over to the victims.
The Branch Chairman also added that the intervention could not come earlier, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 that ravaged the world.
Two among the victims, 45-year-old Salamatu Sani and 60-year-old Audu Ya’u were full of gratitude on behalf of other beneficiaries, as they promised not to sell the items, but to use them for the purpose they are meant for.
Items distributed include 100 bags of rice, millets, maize and beans, all in twelve-kilogram bags, 100 gallons of palm oil, palm kernel and vegetable oil in 4-litre kegs.
Others are 100 pieces of bathroom slippers, 200 sets of blankets, 100 sets of cups, buckets, 200 sets of mats and toiletries.
(Editor-Abaje Usekwe)
