Ebonyi Flood disaster: victims get relief materials

SOME victims of the flood disaster which occurred within the Abakaliki metropolis and some communities where 1, 794 persons and 212 houses were affected in the state yesterday received relief materials from the National Emergency Management Agency,( NEMA) through the Ebonyi State government.

Speaking during the occasion of the handover ceremony and flag-off of the distribution exercise in Abakaliki, the Executive Secretary of Ebonyi State Emergency Management Agency, (EBSEMA), Pastor Ken Nwabueze Oziomaeze who stated that flood disaster had become a common occurrence in Nigeria, commended both State and Federal governments for their continued readiness to respond to any distress call in that regard.

According to him, upon our request for assistance to assuage the sufferings of the victims, the federal government through NEMA in its usual magnanimity supplied to Ebonyi state assorted relief materials to the victims which are being handed over to the state today.

“The unfortunate and monstrous flood disaster which occurred on 11th June, 2016 in Abakaliki Urban and some communities in the state affected 212 houses and displaced 1, 794 persons. Let me happily and unequivocally state here that the administration of Governor David Umahi and his team have been very supportive to SEMA in the discharge of its official mandate”.

In her remarks, the Assistant Coordinator for South- East NEMA, Mrs. Anagor Benedict Enyiuche called on SEMA to ensure that the relief materials get to the affected individuals adding the delay in the supply of the materials was not the fault of NEMA but due to the present economic situation in the country.
She further assured the victims and SEMA that as soon as the remaining relief materials were available, it would be distributed to them accordingly without any form of delay.

According to her, the relief material was to help cushion the negative impact of their loss during the disaster and charged the victims to avoid residing in flood-prone environment.The items distributed included bags of parboiled rice, beans, bags of granulated sugar, carton of tin tomatoes, pieces of mosquito nets, pieces of blankets, pieces of foam mattresses, pieces of nylon mats, cartons of bath soap, cartons of Omo detergents, bundles of roofing sheets, packets of roofing nails, bags of 3inche nails among others.
 

Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki