The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed livelihood materials to no fewer than 700 victims of flood and windstorm disasters in three local government areas of Yobe. The Director-General of NEMA, Mr Mustapha Maihaja, represented by Alhaji Sa’idu Ahmed, Zonal Coordinator Northeast, made this known on Friday in Damaturu, one of the benefiting local government areas. “I am here to present the livelihood materials approved by NEMA to the victims of flood and windstorm disasters that occurred last year. “These materials are given to empower the victims who had lost one or the other property as a result of the said disasters, to alleviate their sufferings and revive their economic status,” he said. Maihaja also sympathised with the victims and prayed Almighty God to prevent further occurrence of such disasters.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 14, 2019 13:18 UTC