IDPs In Damaturu Get NEMA’s Relief Materials

The materials were given to the victims of the
Boko Haram insurgency at Kasaisa, Phase I
Secretariat and some non-conventional camps
of the IDPs in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital
in northeast Nigeria.
Speaking after the presentation, the Assistant
Coordinator of NEMA in Yobe State, Mrs
Shizzer Bada, stressed the significance of the
succour to the IDPs who are homeless in their
fatherland.
She said NEMA, under President Muhammadu
Buhari’s administration, would continue to
distribute relief materials to the IDPs in view
of their pressing needs.
Mrs Bada pointed out that the agency would
strive to cover every nooks and crannies of the
state, particularly disaster, flood and
insurgency victims.
She said NEMA had identified the IDPs drawn
from Buni-Yadi, Gujba, Gulani and
neighbouring Borno State and would reach out
to them as timely as possible to alleviate their
sufferings.
Some of the beneficiaries applauded the efforts
of the agency towards alleviating their
sufferings.
Items distributed to the IDPs include;
mattresses, blankets, buckets and foodstuff
such as maize, millet, beans, rice, amidst
several others.