Relief materials provided for Anambra flood victims: FG
The federal government says it has released relief materials, mainly food and non-food items, to flood victims in Anambra.
Walson Ibarakumo, an assistant director in charge of response and rehabilitation of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said this after a closed-door meeting with officials of the Anambra government in Awka on Thursday.
Mr Ibarakumo said the non-food items had arrived, but the food items had yet to arrive in Anambra due to the traffic challenges caused by flooding in the confluence town of Lokoja, Kogi.
The NEMA official and his team were received by Deputy Governor Onyekachukwu Ibezim and Paul Odenigbo, the executive secretary of Anambra State Emergency Management Agency.
He said the food consignment had been trapped on the Lokoja axis, where the flood had rendered the road impassable to vehicular traffic.
The food items meant for Anambra were 1,400 (10kg) bags of rice, 1,400 (10kg) bags of beans, 1,400 (10kg) maize, 75 (20kg) of salt, 75 (20ltr) vegetable oil, 1,000 cartons of seasoning and 75 cartons of tin tomatoes.
The non-food items included 7,350 nylon mats, 1,000 treated mosquito nets, 600 cartons of bath soap, 2,500 Guinea brocades (5yrds) and 1,000 units of each of children, women and men’s wear.
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