150 families affected by flooding in Yobe provided relief materials: NEMA
The North-East Zone of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has assisted 150 households displaced by flood in Buni Yadi, Gujba local government area of Yobe.
Mohammad Goje, executive secretary of the Yobe Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), disclosed this on Thursday.
He said the beneficiaries were part of the more than 2,800 households registered as ravaged by recent floods, with the victims receiving food items, building materials and mattresses.
Mr Goje said the Yobe government had equally supported the flood victims across the state.
“From May 2022 to date, the state has supported many flood victims with food and non-food items in various locations, with emphasis on vulnerability,” the Yobe official stated. “Our efforts ranged from health responses, evacuation, warning alerts, cash stimulus, and provision of food items and building materials.”
He added, “These responses will continue in all affected areas; we are already reaching out to philanthropists and donor agencies. The floods are a challenge to our human feelings.”
More than 31,000 households across 258 communities in 17 local government areas of the state were hit by various natural disasters this year.
The official said that the disasters were caused by windstorms, floods and the release of water from dams.
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