No fewer than 15,775 flood victims households received relief materials including food items and cash across 17 local government of Jigawa state.Speaking at the flagging off for the Distribution held at Buji local government of, the state governor Malam Umar Namadi said, the relief materials was aimed at reducing the hardship face by displaced person but not to compensate their lost.Governor Namadi noted that, his government is always concerns with the situation of the flood victims since the beginning of the disaster and it will continue to support them in collaboration with federal government and other private and public sympathizers.” Today we flagg off the distribution of of 10 kg bag of rice, Maize, Geane -corn , one cartoon of Superggettee and twenty thousand Naira to each of the 15,775 flood victims households”” As we commiserate the death of 36 people died as a result of the flood, and sympathized with those lost their houses and farm land, We will continue to render more support to the victims to reduce the hardship they face” Governor Namadi stated.In his speech at the occasion, the state Commissioner Ministry of Special Duties Hon Auwal Dalladi Sankara said, the state Emergency Management Agency has been working day and night to reach the flood victims “As his excellency Governor Malam Umar Namadi directed us, Jigawa state Emergency Management Agency had in the early day of the flood provided rapid response to the victims, we also provided second relief materials and today we are given another relief materials to the victims living at various IDPs camp.”
We have the comprehensive List of the victims, the assessment of the damages which we had jointly taken in collaboration with National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and we will continue use it to ensure we support each family and ever victims of the flood across the state. Hon Sankara stated.
Thousands of the Flood Victims who received the relief materials have expressed their gratitude to governor Malam Umar Namadi for his support and concern on their plight .
