Heavy seasonal rains have caused the Niger and Benue rivers to burst their banks, inundating communities, farms and trapping tens of thousands of people in their homes. / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
NEMA, in conjunction with the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), through the Ministry of Environment, presented relief materials to first batch of 125 beneficiaries at the flag-off ceremony, held at Arcade Ground, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, at the weekend.
The agencies have been collating victims’ names after Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibajo’s visit to disaster sites.
Director-General, NEMA, Engr. Yunusa Mustapha Mehaija, in his address, said the relief materials were meant to help victims return to normal live.
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